Listener sentiment
Recent ratings extend the show's overwhelmingly positive baseline: most listeners still describe Being Well as a life-changing, therapy-like weekly resource, and the father-son dynamic between Forrest and Dr. Rick Hanson remains the most celebrated element, repeatedly called warm, healing to witness, and a rare model of healthy intergenerational communication. The well-researched guests (Terry Real, Gabor Maté, Mingyur Rinpoche, and recurring favorite Elizabeth), accessible explanations of complex psychology, and Forrest's end-of-episode recaps continue to draw consistent praise, with the psychoanalysis series, attachment episodes, and self-compassion/shame material frequently named as standouts. The recurring minority criticisms persist and have grown slightly more specific: several reviewers say episodes run too long and drift into filler before reaching substance, others object to the growing number of loud ad breaks that disrupt the show's calm tone, and a few continue to question Forrest's lack of clinical credentials or find the father-son banter grating. Newer isolated critiques — one listener distressed that a grief episode dwelt on mortality statistics without a content warning, and another asking for fewer appearances by Forrest's fiancée — appear to be individual sensitivities rather than a pattern. Overall, the sentiment picture is essentially unchanged: a devoted, long-tenured audience with a small, consistent set of format complaints.
Apple4.9 · 579
Summary generated Oct 25, 2026
