Dr. Rick Hanson | The Meeting of Neuroscience and Contemplative Practice

This week, Thomas sits down with psychologist and NY Times best-selling author Dr. Rick Hanson to explore the place where neuroscience and spiritual practice converge to unlock inner transformation and greater compassion.

Dr. Hanson describes what he calls “positive neuroplasticity,” a feature that’s hardwired in the circuitry of our brains that we can harness to cultivate healing, growth, and awakening.

He and Thomas discuss the importance of mindfulness and body-centered practices to dissolve our evolutionary armor and negative patterns developed in early life and reprogram our nervous systems to be more peaceful and embodied. And importantly, how this process can lead to systemic change and a more united global community.

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✨ Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author whose books on happiness, resilience, and relationships have sold over a million copies in English and been translated into 33 languages. He is the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and Wellspring Institute, co-host of the Being Well podcast, and a leading expert on positive neuroplasticity whose work has been featured by major media and institutions including NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.

Connect with Dr. Hanson here 👉 https://rickhanson.com

Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma. In addition to Attuned, he is the author of Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

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