So many forces in our brains, bodies, and culture move us toward the experience of scarcity – that something is missing, that we don’t have enough, and that we never will have enough. The feeling of scarcity both feels bad in itself, and is also the creator and amplifier of so many other challenges we face. 

On this episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson talk about what a scarcity and an abundance mindset is, what some sources of scarcity are, and how we can move to an authentic experience of abundance.

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Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

2:35: Defining scarcity and abundance 

6:45: Why are we biologically predisposed towards scarcity?

17:05: When to relax and expand

20:20: Scarcity at the cultural level

26:20: Critique of promoting an “abundance mindset” and a practical definition

30:45: Orienting to a sense of abundance 

38:05: Motivating with punishment vs reward

40:55: Abundance in objectively difficult times

47:15: Specific ways to shift from scarcity to abundance

58:45: A sense of wonder and groundedness

1:01:25: Recap

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