Mind Body Health & Politics

The Psychology of Love and Connection with Dr. Rick HansonPsychologist Dr. Rick Hanson joins Dr. Richard Louis Miller to explore how compassion, community, and love can rewire the human brain — and why our survival as a species may depend on it. Together, they discuss the “two wolves within us,” how positive neuroplasticity turns fleeting moments of kindness into lasting change, and what it takes to heal both personally and collectively in a divided world.Guest: Dr. Rick Hanson – Psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and author of Hardwiring Happiness, Resilient, and Buddha’s BrainKey Topics:The duality of human nature: love vs. hateHow to “feed the wolf of love” through daily practicePositive neuroplasticity and the science of emotional rewiringBuilding compassion in polarized timesWhy community is essential to mental healthHow wealth inequality and power distort human connectionThe link between poverty and psychological sufferingSimple daily tools for calm, resilienc