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New Science Explores Process of Death, with Cultural, Medical, Forensic and Ethical Implications

September 15, 2021

Center for Healthy Minds experts and Tibetan medical leaders at premiere medical institutions in India have published the first peer-reviewed paper on a phenomenon called “tukdam” in hopes of starting a conversation about the process of death and how future research may understand a person’s mental, spiritual, and physical well-being during the process of dying.

Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds in Practice: The Mind that Craves

September 1, 2021

Sometimes we seek comfort through unhealthy habits. In this 10-minute practice, we’ll cultivate curiosity about what drives these cravings, which can help us respond to them with intention.

Multi Colored Ropes As A Symbol Of Interconnection

Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds in Practice: Sports and Interconnection

August 13, 2021

Big sports tournaments can remind us of our shared humanity. We are all connected to one another, whether we have met before or whether we are on opposite sides of the planet. Expand your connection to the globe through this 13-minute perspective-building practice that focuses on the breath.

Funding Announcements

Applications Requested for the Plasticity of Well-being Pilot Awards

June 25, 2021

The Plasticity of Well-being network invites applications for Pilot Awards for projects that explore emotional well-being measurement and assessment. The network, funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), is one of six networks that NIH supporting to advance the understanding of emotional well-being. The Center for Healthy Minds is a collaborator in this network.

Well-Being in Adults

Center Partners with Creative Destruction Lab, a New program at UW-Madison focused on health & wellness startups

June 16, 2021

The Center for Healthy Minds is a partner in the Creative Destruction Lab - Health & Wellness, a new program based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds in Practice: Pride In Who We Are

June 8, 2021

All the parts of our identities make us unique and different. In this 10-minute practice, we'll consider how they can be a source of growth, connection and strength.

Someone Using The Healthy Minds Program App At Home

Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds app provides relief from pandemic stress

May 18, 2021

The Healthy Minds Program was featured by UW–Madison as an example of how university and affiliated organizations power the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches out to Wisconsinites to improve their lives.

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Upcoming Events

Healthy Minds Masterclass: Founders Edition

October 13 to November 17, 2021

Healthy Minds Innovations is hosting a Founders Edition of their popular Masterclass, featuring Center Founder and Director Richard J. Davidson and Research Scientist Cortland Dahl.

The World We Make 2021: The Next Decade of Well-Being

October 26 to October 28, 2021

Join us for our The World We Make: 2021 gathering this October, a series of virtual events with renowned scientists, innovators and other thought-leaders to broaden the conversation on how we can bring well-being into our daily lives and communities.

At the Center of All Things is Interdependence

October 27 to 12:00AM

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will speak at the Contemplation by Design Summit, hosted by the Stanford Prevention Research Center in a session titled, "At the Center of All Things is Interdependence."

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Media Coverage

The Thukdam Project

Jul 28, 2021

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson and Postdoctoral Research Associate Tawni Tidwell discuss the Tukum research project, the first-ever scientific study of post-mortem meditation.

Remedies for Fatalistic Indifference: An Interview with Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Dekila Chungyalpa

Jun 25, 2021

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa interviews Pamela Ayo Yetunde in a discussion that explores the power of radical non-discrimination as a catalyst for change at every level.