Thank you Rick and mom Hanson for giving us Forrest

I wish I had been able to speak with my dad like this. It melts my heart, Forrest, every time you say dad in these conversations.

@jackietripp1716

Ай бұрын

they are soothing to watch~ ;)

Thank you for this insightful and informative episode! I hope you do a piece on Aging because I hated the idea that you're dreading getting older. We need to combat this kind of age-phobic mental space that permeates the culture.

So funny - just getting to the end here, and it turns out I'm just a few weeks older than you, Forrest, having turned 36 at the end of September. So welcome to middle age!! A certain elder family member referred to me the other day in what might have been construed as a joke as a senior citizen. And the beat goes on... I'm not sure if I've commented on any of your videos yet, but I've been tuning in for a few months now, and absolutely love what you do. You and your dad are uniquely insightful and articulate rays of light in this field, and I've benefited a lot from listening to you, being a student counselor myself. I've also been thoroughly struck by your consistent demonstration of a healthy father-son relationship, which is something I can't say I've personally experienced. So, thanks for all you do, from just a bit north, on Vancouver Island.

Great conversation! I appreciate your channel. Forrest, I love how you moved from talking too much to adjusting your perspective about that and yourself after being told directly about it. Then, with a new perspective, you started using your talking ability to create this platform that supports that part of you in a new and healthier way. The icing on the cake is that your "talking" helps support others, too. Such a wonderful example of moving to a healthier perspective!

I was going to say, how do you become less budging? But I guess I should wait for the video on self-confidence. I always try to look for as many perspectives as I can and realize my mistakes. I will then be the first person to acknowledge that and apologize... And then it turns out I'm the only one. So, since it rarely is the case that I'm the only one who is wrong in an argument, I'm not rushing to apologize anymore no matter how wrong I might be. I'm tired of people thinking I'm stompable. I deserve respect, that's my new perspective.

What a wonderful and helpful topic! This is exactly what I needed to further my journey of being less rigid and more empathetic and connecting: All topics you and Rick touched on today! Thank you. 🎉 I also very much appreciate the connection you and your dad share. It is lovely to witness😊.

Good show. You two are so lovable. I love learning from your content and HOW you relate to each other. Esp bc you are family and even more remarkable parent/adult child role models. ❤

I have Social phobia (fearing others) to an extreme degree, like 1000%.

@ForrestHanson

8 ай бұрын

That's a really interesting idea.

@sunnyadams5842

7 ай бұрын

do you know why?

@A99286

7 ай бұрын

@@sunnyadams5842 no

Love you both, thank you

So thought provoking with great suggestions on how to go deeper and understand the origins of our perspectives.

Love these two- going to watch this one over! 1 Budgie Bird in the making here

Loooove this episode ❤ Thank you.

Rick mentioned "David White" in this podcast. Please note, I suspect this was an unintentional amalgamation of Narrative Therapy's two founders, Michael White (from Australia) and David Epston (from New Zealand). On that note, I would love to hear Rick and Forrest do a podcast on Narrative Therapy. Thanks.

Thanks for another great episode!

Always valuable ...easy to take medicine! Thx!

Another potential topic I'd love to hear your thoughts on, if it interests you: since moving to the west coast, I've become close with a number of people in the new age community. Despite my scientific background and skeptical nature, being wary of magical thinking, I've found myself wondering if maybe there is something to all the talk of manifesting, but I can't quite bring myself to believe it. But as I listened to you discussing shifting perspectives tonight, that was a personal example that sprung to mind. Granted, it's a more spiritual topic than psychological, but I'm thinking it would be interesting to hear you discuss the idea of intellectual integrity vs the desire for magical thinking/spiritual fuzziness, etc... Just a thought!

@sunnyadams5842

7 ай бұрын

Reality!! Dang!! Optimistic Realism... Reality!! Dang!! THAT understanding is SO ESSENTIAL and So helpful in getting Regulated!!! It's hard, at first, to come back from the blur into a Closer Facsimile of Objective Reality... Focusing was SO HARD, it was PAINFUL! In the begining, after Narc Abuse, as was The Light. My Eyes! Had I really been ThAT DEEPLY into 5ge Dark for so long?! I guess, yes?!! ReTraining my brain to WANT AWARENESSto😮 co Appropriate Budgablity!! HEALTHY ATTRIBUTes, Perspective .

"What if I really am enough as I am?"

What do you have to say about perspective and narratives for someone with OCD? As you know someone with OCD and obsessional doubts does not necessarily have the best view of themselves.

I'll have to remember to make you a rock buoy picture once my uni semester has finished.

35 middle aged? Mmmk. Never heard of anyone refer to 35 as middle aged unless it was a pre-turn of the century writer.... And even then.... Not really

@ForrestHanson

7 ай бұрын

Late-not-quite-middle-age doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Global life expectancy is 72 years. 35 is basically half that. That's kinda the middle no?

@whatdoyoulivefor735

7 ай бұрын

@@ForrestHanson if you're going by the global life expectancy. But you're American(?), fairly privileged and global standards include parts of the world that have low life expectancies. And anyway it's rising, of course. Judging it this way, as a Canadian female I'll be middle aged at 42 but why even bother placing that marker? I might die tomorrow or I might live to be the first 123 year old woman. Also, biological age is different than chronological age. And you can change your biological age over time with lifestyle and a large part of lifestyle is the right mindset so thinking you're half done at 35 just seems kinda silly.

@ForrestHanson

7 ай бұрын

Fwiw, early middle age is typically defined as starting around age 35 in research. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7203662