Ep. 11: Make Your Learning Last

Published: March 19, 2018, 7:20 p.m.

How can we help the brain "absorb" the things we want it to hold on to? Dr. Rick Hanson explores the \u201cinstallation\u201d stage of learning in detail, including how we can internalize the various positive aspects of any experience to grow the strengths we need the most.\nSponsor Message:\xa0We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.\nIf you'd like to start making real, positive changes to your brain and your life, but you don't have a lot of extra time, then you may want to check out Rick Hanson's new program: Just One Minute. Use the code BEINGWELL at checkout for 10% off the purchase price.\nConnect with the show:\n\nVisit us on the web\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nSubscribe on iTunes\n\nThe material in this podcast comes in large part from our book Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness.\xa0If you like the podcast, you'll love the book!\nTimestamps:\n0:50: What attracted you to \u201clearning\u201d?\n3:15: The \u201cdirty secret\u201d of the personal growth professions.\n5:05: The five ways we can enrich our experience.\n8:10: Multimodality: how to learn through the different aspects of experience.\n9:00: Why writing affirmations rarely works.\n9:55: Bridging the gap between thought and experience.\n13:30: Our many opportunities for learning.\n14:30: How to make our experiences feel novel.\n16:40: How to make our experiences feel relevant.\n18:20: How to absorb experiences.\n19:50: Letting experiences into our body.\n24:10: Changing our relationship to experiences\n25:30: The power of \u201cretroactive rehearsal.\u201d\n28:00: The foundation of learning.