Being Well Podcast: Metabolism, Brain Energy, and Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer

Dr. Chris Palmer, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, joins Forrest to discuss the relationship between metabolic function and mental illness, including Dr. Palmer’s work with patients suffering from severe conditions like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, psychiatry’s current challenges with treatment-resistant conditions, and the important distinction between difficult psychological states and brain-based disorders. The post Being Well Podcast: Metabolism, Brain Energy, and Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 22-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion about Cultivating Belonging. Guest teacher Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith is a child clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and issues of race. She is a senior fellow of Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and is both a professor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Wright Institute. She provides consultation and training to bay area non-profits and schools on how to support trauma-informed practices and cultural accountability. I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – which are open to everyone! Meditation: Cultivating Belonging Download the Audio of this Meditation Talk: Cultivating Belonging Download the Audio of this Talk Dāna offering: These teachings are offered freely, at no charge. To practice generosity through making an offering – called “dāna” in the language of early Buddhism – please enter your email and donation amount below. Once you click “Donate” you will be directed to PayPal, where you can pay via credit card (no PayPal account required) or your PayPal account. "*" indicates required fields Email Address* Donation Amount:* Would you like to make this an automatic, recurring weekly donation?*Would you like to make this an automatic, recurring weekly donation? Yes No CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Generosity itself is a beautiful practice that opens and gladdens the heart, relaxes the contraction of “self,” and ripples out into the world to touch many people – and perhaps, eventually, even oneself. Additionally, many expressions of generosity are not about money. People offer attention, encouragement, and patience many times a day. Sometimes we withhold when it would be so easy, actually, to listen quietly for another minute or to offer a word of appreciation or simply a look that says, “I’m with you.” Try being a little more generous for a day and see what happens. The post Meditation + Talk: Cultivating Belonging appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson.