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Podcast: Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
Episode: The Pitfalls of Self-Help: Comparison and The Secret
Description: In the second episode related to the pitfalls of self-help, we explore how individuals and environments can manipulate others by making them feel like something is wrong with them. This is a self-help podcast. And there's a lot to like about self-help! But it has it's issues as well. Today we're exploring our exploration of those issues by focusing on painful forms of comparison and the natural vs. supernatural frame.Key Topics:2:45: Being goal directed vs. self-acceptance. 6:50: Exploitative practices and the fragile psyche. 10:20: Relating to “problems” in healthy ways. 14...