Rick Hanson Audio & Video

The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world.

Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace.

Rick Hanson is the author of the bestselling 2009 book Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom. In this talk he gave at Google back in 2010, Hanson explores the intersection of neuroscience and Buddhist mindfulness meditation practice.

Rick Hanson, PhD began meditating in 1974 and has practiced in several traditions. A neuropsychologist, writer, and teacher, he co-founded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom...

With The Enlightened Brain, this pioneering neuropsychologist explores how you can activate these same processes inside your own brain to accelerate your own transformation.

The structure of your brain changes constantly in a dynamic, unfolding process that you yourself can help direct to create the life you want.

These days it's hard to count on the world outside. So, it's vital to grow strengths inside like grit, gratitude, and compassion - the key to resilience, and to lasting well-being in a changing world.

Bestselling authors Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson explore how we can become happier, build inner strengths, and get the most out of life.

Resilience is the ability to face and handle life's challenges, whether everyday disappointments or extraordinary disasters.

Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. Science is now proving that happiness is a skill that you can develop.