Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson

I endorse Rick Hanson as a user friendly purveyor of evolutionary psychology and neuroscience and of how these link to mindfulness. At first I reckoned he was a bit of a middle class, California happy clappy type but this impression wore off and I think of him now as a gifted writer and educator. A good bloke. He has probably influenced my present line of thinking more than I realise.

I found two of his books to be compulsive reading -

• (2009) Rick Hanson: Buddha’s Brain – the practical neuroscience of happiness love and wisdom
• (2013) Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness – the practical science of reshaping your brain – and your life 

His website provides more information about Rick the person and also links to large amounts of text, audio and video materials most of which are freely given. http://www.rickhanson.net/

I have mentioned him in nine previous blogposts:

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/12.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/a-buddha-mindbrain.html 

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/stone-age-brain.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mindfulness-and-mindbrain.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/a-better-place.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/good-reads-in-2013.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/habit-releasers.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/basis-in-mindfulness.html

http://naesaebad.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mindfulness-methodology.html