Center for Healthy Minds

Researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds develop a four-week smart phone-based meditation app that resulted in reduced psychological distress and improved well-being skills amongst educators.

The Center for Healthy Minds and AtentaMente are seeking to improve mental health, resilience and well-being in healthcare professionals with a new research grant funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation. This grant will allow two character-based intervention studies see if the effects of stress can be lessened in healthcare professionals in Mexico.

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.

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.

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.

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.