Taking Back Personal Power
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
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Dec 4 2023 1h 9m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 5 mins
Amy’s personal background, and how she got to the idea of mental strengthsChapter 3 3 mins
Self-compassion vs. self-pityChapter 4 3 mins
Not giving away your powerChapter 5 3 mins
Diagnosing root problems in relationshipsChapter 6 3 mins
When one frustration brings up all your other frustrationsChapter 7 5 mins
The inevitability of conflict, and the vulnerability in expressing remorseChapter 8 3 mins
Setting the ground rules for a therapeutic conversationChapter 9 3 mins
When it feels like your partner isn’t invested in making changesChapter 10 3 mins
Learning to deconstruct reactive thoughts and misguided perceptionsChapter 11 2 mins
Taking your thoughts with a grain of salt, and asking ‘what else might be true?’Chapter 12 4 mins
Scorekeeping vs. negotiating, and finding ways to meet our own needsChapter 13 3 mins
Giving our partner what we actually want for ourselvesChapter 14 2 mins
Balancing desires for closeness and distanceChapter 15 4 mins
Not being a martyr or ‘controlling through giving’Chapter 16 5 mins
Boundaries between partners, and how our backgrounds influence our preferencesChapter 17 3 mins
Developing psychological flexibilityChapter 18 5 mins
Recap