Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson Becoming Securely Attached (to yourself): Reparenting and Healing Insecure Attachment
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May 11, 2026 
Dr. Rick Hanson, a clinical psychologist and author focused on practical neuroscience and well-being. He talks about how a secure internal base develops, why contingent love can undermine it, and four paths forward like reparenting, making a coherent narrative, rescaling the self, and building self-trust through safe exploration.
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Celebrate Effort Not Just Results
- Celebrate your efforts and failures by acknowledging effort and learning rather than fixating on outcomes.
- Use 'prizing' language: note scary parts, effort, and what was learned from trying.
Take In The Good Repeatedly
- When you self-nurture, take in the good deliberately for 5–10 seconds to reinforce internal change.
- Repeat those moments thousands of times over years to reshape neural patterns and build trust.
Inner Critic Often Protects Against Risk
- Resistance to self-compassion often protects against feared social risks; the inner critic serves a protective function.
- Identify the payoff of doubting self-reparenting to work with the fear beneath it.