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‘Mindful Eco-Wellness’ Could Improve Your Health and Help the Planet, New Study Finds

April 17, 2024

Just in time for Earth Day, UW researchers see initial positive results from a program that combines mindfulness, health, well-being and sustainability.

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Inaugural Arts for Healthy Minds Grants to be Presented at 2024 Creative Arts Awards

April 11, 2024

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts and Center for Healthy Minds has announced the recipients of its inaugural “Arts for Healthy Minds” joint grant program.

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CHM and the Division of the Arts announce Arts for Healthy Minds grants opportunity

November 20, 2023

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce an exciting partnership between the Division of the Arts and the Center for Healthy Minds (CHM). This call for proposals, "Arts for Healthy Minds: Centering Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Arts Practices in Advancing Human Flourishing, Belonging, and Well-being in Higher Education," invites ffaculty, staff and graduate students to embark on creative arts research activities that embody these insights.

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Study finds mindfulness training may not be enough to increase eco-friendliness

October 23, 2023

Could general well-being practices like meditation encourage eco-friendly behaviors and attitudes? As the climate crisis accelerates ecological disasters around the world, scientists’ investigations into this longstanding question have taken on greater urgency.

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Experts Urge Prioritization of Prosociality for Public Health

October 19, 2023

A multidisciplinary team of national researchers, including Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds, has issued an urgent call to funding agencies and organizations to support “building the science” of prosociality as a public health priority, in a new paper published by Nature Human Behaviour.

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Center for Healthy Minds and Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness at UW–Madison to launch novel research on well-being and suicide prevention

October 5, 2023

The need for innovative, science-backed interventions for suicide prevention and for cultivating well-being as a prevention strategy is paramount. A multi-disciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers, led by the Center for Healthy Minds and the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, is set to begin a highly novel, multi-phase study, dedicated to exploring solutions.

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Cool Class: This Course is Improving Students’ Mental Health

September 18, 2023

The Art & Science of Human Flourishing is a collaborative course that helps students develop their own mindfulness toolkit to navigate their first year of college and beyond. And a recent study shows it works. Now, professors and researchers are hoping to find a way to share their findings beyond the classroom and in the community. Read more in this feature by

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Mind and Life podcast: The Shape of Healing with Simon Goldberg, CHM Core Faculty

Apr 04, 2024

In this episode, host Wendy Hasenkamp, speaks with psychologist and contemplative researcher Simon Goldberg. Simon uses tools drawn from psychotherapy research to better understand the therapeutic processes and outcomes of mindfulness and meditation-based interventions.

Say More podcast with Tulaine Montgomery: The Neuroscience of Empathy with Dr. Richard Davidson

Apr 03, 2024

Are we naturally caring or divisive as human-beings? Dr. Richard Davidson, the founder of Center for Healthy Minds, explains we are hard-wired to build connections. He also teaches us how to cultivate well-being through four easy steps.