Dr. Rick Hanson

Being connected with oneself is crucially important. And as we connect with ourselves, that can help us manage social factors that disconnect us from others, at least to some extent. Clearly. A simple practice of mindfulness where you're becoming aware of what's going on in your own interior in a deep way brings you into connection with yourself and is an expression of mattering to yourself.

Being connected with oneself is crucially important. And as we connect with ourselves, that can help us manage social factors that disconnect us from others, at least to some extent. Clearly. A simple practice of mindfulness where you're becoming aware of what's going on in your own interior in a deep way brings you into connection with yourself and is an expression of mattering to yourself.

Being connected with oneself is crucially important. And as we connect with ourselves, that can help us manage social factors that disconnect us from others, at least to some extent. Clearly. A simple practice of mindfulness where you're becoming aware of what's going on in your own interior in a deep way brings you into connection with yourself and is an expression of mattering to yourself.

As a little point here, mindfulness, the way I traditionally define it based on how it was originally taught, is about present moment awareness, period. Sustained present moment awareness of the outer world and the inner world. So we need to be very mindful if we're driving in traffic in the rain. And it's also helpful to be very mindful of our internal reactions.

As a little point here, mindfulness, the way I traditionally define it based on how it was originally taught, is about present moment awareness, period. Sustained present moment awareness of the outer world and the inner world. So we need to be very mindful if we're driving in traffic in the rain. And it's also helpful to be very mindful of our internal reactions.

As a little point here, mindfulness, the way I traditionally define it based on how it was originally taught, is about present moment awareness, period. Sustained present moment awareness of the outer world and the inner world. So we need to be very mindful if we're driving in traffic in the rain. And it's also helpful to be very mindful of our internal reactions.

When your wife gives you that look and you realize that I need to clean something up here. So mindfulness really helps in those ways. Okay. As we become more mindful of our own interior, we start having more access to what really matters to us inside. What are our deep longings of the heart? What are our core values? What do we care about? What's our personal code?

When your wife gives you that look and you realize that I need to clean something up here. So mindfulness really helps in those ways. Okay. As we become more mindful of our own interior, we start having more access to what really matters to us inside. What are our deep longings of the heart? What are our core values? What do we care about? What's our personal code?

When your wife gives you that look and you realize that I need to clean something up here. So mindfulness really helps in those ways. Okay. As we become more mindful of our own interior, we start having more access to what really matters to us inside. What are our deep longings of the heart? What are our core values? What do we care about? What's our personal code?

Regardless of what other people are doing and the lines they're crossing, What are the lines we don't cross ourselves for our own sake, even if we lose some momentary advantage? And so learning about ourselves through mindfulness, feeling down into our interior, and also giving voice to the different parts of ourselves that we become more aware of that may have been suppressed or pushed away.

Regardless of what other people are doing and the lines they're crossing, What are the lines we don't cross ourselves for our own sake, even if we lose some momentary advantage? And so learning about ourselves through mindfulness, feeling down into our interior, and also giving voice to the different parts of ourselves that we become more aware of that may have been suppressed or pushed away.

Regardless of what other people are doing and the lines they're crossing, What are the lines we don't cross ourselves for our own sake, even if we lose some momentary advantage? And so learning about ourselves through mindfulness, feeling down into our interior, and also giving voice to the different parts of ourselves that we become more aware of that may have been suppressed or pushed away.

The inner child and also maybe parts that have been shunned or decide that they really care about something important, but we haven't been listening to them. So mindfulness, again, lets us do that.

The inner child and also maybe parts that have been shunned or decide that they really care about something important, but we haven't been listening to them. So mindfulness, again, lets us do that.

The inner child and also maybe parts that have been shunned or decide that they really care about something important, but we haven't been listening to them. So mindfulness, again, lets us do that.

So in all these ways, mindfulness helps us get more in touch with what we really care about and to start recognizing the difference between the shiny objects out there we might be chasing and the manipulations and persuasions of others and intimidations and threats of others that we're reacting to. We become more able to sort that out. Fundamentally, I'll finish here. Mindfulness brings autonomy.

So in all these ways, mindfulness helps us get more in touch with what we really care about and to start recognizing the difference between the shiny objects out there we might be chasing and the manipulations and persuasions of others and intimidations and threats of others that we're reacting to. We become more able to sort that out. Fundamentally, I'll finish here. Mindfulness brings autonomy.

So in all these ways, mindfulness helps us get more in touch with what we really care about and to start recognizing the difference between the shiny objects out there we might be chasing and the manipulations and persuasions of others and intimidations and threats of others that we're reacting to. We become more able to sort that out. Fundamentally, I'll finish here. Mindfulness brings autonomy.

I'm a scruffy individualist. I'm a therapist, I'm mellow, and I'm a longtime meditator. I'm very individualistic and determined. And I think that autonomy is crucial. Autonomy is the foundation of intimacy. We can't be connected with others.

I'm a scruffy individualist. I'm a therapist, I'm mellow, and I'm a longtime meditator. I'm very individualistic and determined. And I think that autonomy is crucial. Autonomy is the foundation of intimacy. We can't be connected with others.