Center for Healthy Minds

Does meditation “work?” If yes, what does meditation do? And how does meditation do what it’s purported to do? Find out more about meditation at this Sept. 30 talk by Dr. Richard J. Davidson.

Celebrate 15 years of the Center for Healthy Minds at this in-person and livestream event on Sept. 26, 2024. Register now!

Are you interested in learning more about the Art and Science of Human Flourishing course at University of Wisconsin-Madison? Get more details and register now for this free virtual webinar coming up on June 12.

Join this interdisciplinary opening conversation on art; eco-anxiety and resilience; climate crisis science and impact; and the importance of cross-disciplinary thinking and problem-solving to affect change. Actions for the Earth consulting curator Stephanie Smith will be in dialogue with Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, and more!

Learn how to cultivate peace, insight & resilience at #ArtOfMeditationSummit - guided by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, Deepak Chopra, and 55+ world-class experts, including Richard J. Davidson. Coming up on Jan. 23–30. Join for free.

Dr. Richard Davidson will present “The Science of Wellbeing: Teaching and Training for Healthy Minds, Brains, and Bodies” on Nov. 17-19 in Boston, Mass., or virtually via Zoom.

Bodhisattva's Activism will be a unique exploration of social and environmental engagement and transformation from a Buddhist perspective. Join Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD; John Dunne, PhD; Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of The Loka Initiative on November 10 - 12, 2023, for this exciting event.

The World We Make 2023, CHM's annual event, will be held November 8, 2023. Join The Center for Healthy Minds and special guests as we explore belonging and connecting across differences to promote well-being and flourishing. Free registration is required.

Join us at Union South on Tues, Nov. 7.

Dr. Richard Davidson will speak on the Harvard Medical School Conscious Leadership Panel for a session called “Consciousness: Science and Spirituality and Social Impact” on Friday, Oct. 27. Register now!

How does meditation contribute to our well-being? In this Sept. 18 talk, Dr. Richard Davidson will share the latest findings and insights into what science tells us about how the practice of training our minds can shape our brains in ways that promote human flourishing.

The Wellbeing Summit Bogotá starts tomorrow. It will feature Dr. Richard J Davidson, along with more than 120 national and international experts. The summit aims to foster a new awareness of well-being in Latin America.

Richard J. Davidson will give a keynote address at the The Wellbeing Summit on Sept. 6. Held by the Omega Institute & Harlem Wellness Center, the summit will be a gathering at at the intersection of well-being and social change. Learn more now.

Join The Loka Initiative for the virtual RITA Summit coming up in August 2023. Registration is free.

Loka Initiative is thrilled to announce an in-person/virtual talk on July 9 led by two Buddhist teachers who are redefining American Buddhism.

The Anytime Anywhere Meditation Program’s official launch is on June 30 through July 2. CHM Founder Richard Davidson will join the launch event for two panel discussions.

Wisconsin Athletics Departments of Meditation Training and Badger Inquiry on Sport are co-hosting this unique learning opportunity on Tuesday, June 27, at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI.

The Plasticity of Well-being Network is hosting a 5-day summer workshop on June 26-30 in Madison, WI. The NIH-funded Plasticity of Well-being Network invites emerging scholars to participate in an immersive summer workshop on emotional well-being. Apply by March 31.

Join us at the Student Flourishing Teaching Workshop on June 19–23 in Madison, WI. We encourage you to register early, as space is limited.

Loka Initiative Director to speak at annual forum dedicated to exploration of consciousness on May 18-19 in Madison, WI.

Explore the science behind well-being and the role your brain plays with keynote speaker Center for Healthy Minds Founder Richard Davidson.

Celebrate Earth Day with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies’ Earth Day 2023: Species on the Move, happening April 18–19 both virtually and in-person.

Join us April 17-21 for Tricycle’s second annual Buddhism and Ecology Summit, a weeklong series of conversations with Buddhist teachers, writers, environmental activists and psychologists on transforming eco-anxiety into awakened action.

How can the practice of mindfulness help improve our daily lives? To find out, join the Columbus Public Library for a free, virtual talk by speaker John Dunne, the Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities through the Center for Healthy Minds.

Dr. Goldberg will share insights from his award-winning work at this Tampa Bay, FL, event.

Dr. Davidson will share how the science of well-being can support innovation and help entrepreneurs flourish.

The World We Make: 2022 event is open to all donors contributing an annual leadership gift of $1,000 or more to support the Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations. We would be deeply grateful to have you join us. If you have any questions please contact our Director of Donor Engagement, Lorri Houston, at [email protected] or 608-263-3672.

On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 2 PM for a free talk by Dekila Chungyalpa, founder and Director of the Loka Initiative at the Center for Healthy Minds. This program is part of Between Spaces, a project by Kelly Parks Snider.

Dr. Richard Davidson in conversation with friend and artist Kelly Parks Snider featuring a discussion of her work, reading of her poetry, and a conversation on well-being and resiliency.

A public talk with Dr. Richard J. Davidson and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, one of the world’s foremost meditation teachers. The event is being organized by the Tergar meditation community with the support of CHM. Inclusive ticket options start at $5

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."

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.

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.

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, will present at the 2021 Green the Church National Summit.

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will participate in the Wellbeing Project's WELLbinar series on September 14, 2021 with wisdom teacher Sharon Salzberg and Mark Coleman.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will give a talk titled, "Well-Being is a Skill" at the Congreso de Educación emocional y Bienestar. This virtual conference will discuss the importance of emotional education from childhood and the impact of this training on the development of children and adolescents.

Learn more and register.

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, will speak at an online capstone gathering with One Earth Sangha on August 29, 2021.

En estos tiempos de estrés y agitación, Daniela nos compartirá ideas y una práctica para fomentar nuestro bienestar en tiempos del COVID-19. 

The August Healthy Minds LIVE event, "The Aging Brain: Developing Well-Being for Your Future," will focus on what can we learn from the latest science to promote greater health and well-being as we age.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will deliver the opening keynote for the Asia-Pacific Mindfulness Conference on August 13, 2021.

The Loka Initiative and the International Mayan League, in coordination with diverse organizations and leaders, are celebrating International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by hosting an online convening from August 9th to 11th. The convening brings together and centers Indigenous speakers and moderators from a variety of traditions, regions and backgrounds to share Indigenous ecological and spiritual knowledge as means of sustenance for all Indigenous peoples and all humanity. This event is open to the general public.

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa is a presenter for the Social and Environmental Justice program, presented by Upaya Institute and Zen Center, on July 10-11, 2021. 

Join this summer's Healthy Minds Masterclass! This course is being offered by Healthy Minds Innovations (HMI), the external nonprofit affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds. 

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will be a plenary faculty member at the upcoming Mind & Life Summer Research Institute: The Mind, the Human-Earth Connection, and the Climate Crisis. 

Join Center for Healthy Minds Director of Loka Initiative Dekila Chungyalpa for a virtual, live guided meditation Friday, June 4.

Join us for virtual, live meditation sessions with Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations founder, Richard Davidson, to learn and practice skills to cultivate a healthy mind.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present a talk, "Well-Being is a Skill" at an online benefit event for New York Insight Meditation Center.

Center Founder and Director Richard J. Davidson and Center Faculty John Dunne will speak at the upcoming Varela International Symposium: An Exploration of Uncertainty and Emergence in Self and Society. 

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present at the 2021 Roots of Empathy Research Symposium on May 11, 2021.

The May Healthy Minds LIVE event, "Learning Well-Being for Life" will focus on the lessons learned from education as a way to enhance emotional well-being for everyone, at all stages in life.

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, will present at the virtual Green Sabbath Gathering on May 7, 2021.

Center Founder and Director Richard J. Davidson will speak at the Fifth International Vatican Conference: Exploring the Mind, Body & Soul on May 7, 2021.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will speak at the upcoming Science & Wisdom of Emotions Summit, co-produced by our friends at the Mind & Life Institute and The Awake Network Foundation.

Join Healthy Minds Innovations (HMI), the external nonprofit affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds, for a virtual 4 week course,"Kickstart To Train Your Mind."

The Center for Healthy Minds is a co-partner for the upcoming 26th Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion: Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health.

The March Healthy Minds LIVE event, "The How of Well-Being," will focus on the Healthy Minds Framework consisting of four pillars of well-being that have been studied in the lab and have been shown to improve with training.

Join Center collaborator Chad McGehee for a virtual, live guided meditation Thursday, March 11.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will be a panelist at The Compassion Shift hosted by the Emory Center for Contemplative Studies and Compassion-Based Ethics.

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will speak as part of the UW–Madison Arboretum's Winter Enrichment Lecture Series on March 4th.

Join Center for Healthy Minds Director of Loka Initiative Dekila Chungyalpa for a virtual, live guided meditation Thursday, February 25.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present a talk, "Well-Being is a Skill" at the XXI International Congress of Educators. 

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will be a featured faculty member in the Upaya Socially Engaged Buddhist Training Program.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will speak at the 8th Mindfulness Forum about well-being and emotional intelligence in organizations. 

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present as part of the UW Now Live event on January 19th in a talk focused on wisdom and well-being.

The Best Year of Your Life Summit is a free online event from January 19-28. Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker. 

Center Founder and Director Dr. Richard Davidson will join a special webinar with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche for a discussion on meditation practice and the scientific research into how this practice supports our well-being and flourishing.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present a plenary session, Human Flourishing in Challenging Times at the 2020 Happiness & Its Causes event. 

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present a virtual talk hosted by the UW-Madison Retirement Association.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will discuss scientific evidence that suggests that we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivate habits of mind that will improve well-being

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will speak at the Fall 2020 Excelerator, hosted by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.

The Garrison Institute Forum Series on Pathways to Planetary Health will host a conversation between Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, and Jonathan F.P. Rose, Co-Founder of the Garrison Institute.

Center Faculty member John Dunne will speak at the book launch for Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 2: The Mind.

The Mind & Life Institute is hosting the Contemplative Research Conference - an interactive online conference featuring the latest findings on the science of meditation and contemplative practices. Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker at the First International Virtual Symposium of the INECO Foundation.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson speaks on Sunday, October 25 as part of the Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit. His presentation will focus on the four pillars of well-being.

Join Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson at this year's free virtual Embodiment Conference. He’ll lead a talk featuring discussions of emotion and the brain, meditation and mood, meditation and mental health and the science of meditation. 

For the first time ever, the Healthy Minds @Work MasterClass is available to the public. This course is being offered by Healthy Minds Innovations (HMI), the external nonprofit affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds.

How can something as simple as training your mind change the world? The Center for Healthy Minds will host an intimate recorded conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Center Founder Richard Davidson. 

Join Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, Gary Besaw, Ex-Chairman of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Heather McTeer Toney, Field Director of Moms Clean Air Force and Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Atmospheric Scientist and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, to explore how vulnerability can transform into strength and how internal, community and environmental resilience are all necessary for each one of us to thrive. 

Join scientists and experts at Healthy Minds Innovations, the nonprofit affiliated with the Center, that turns science into action through accessible tools, for a fascinating discussion to gain real-world skills to manage your well-being in the workplace, wherever that might be.

Learn more about ways to nurture the development of healthy minds and hearts in our children from child development experts and Center for Healthy Minds Faculty Members Sarah Short and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan.

Scientists at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have spent years understanding the impact of contemplative practices on the mind and body. Join Center Founder Richard J. Davidson and Center Faculty Melissa Rosenkranz to explore a decade of scientific discoveries that set the foundation for healthier societies and how we can each take care of our own mind.

Join us for a week-long series of online events with lively conversation, well-being tips and the opportunity to hear from mental health experts and special guests, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Join speakers from the Center for Healthy Minds at this year's Public Child Welfare Conference, held virtually from September 22-25, 2020.

Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa will moderate a webinar from the Global Health Institute, “Moving Forward: Building a More Equitable World.”

Center Postdoctoral Research Associate Daniela Rodrigues de Oliveira offers regular live meditations in Portuguese.

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative will present as part of the online event, AWAKENED ACTION: Women Leaders Speak to the Climate Catastrophe and Pandemic and Explore Strategies for a Sane, Just, and Compassionate Future. The online event is co-sponsored by the Loka Initiative. 

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will participate in a special free livestream event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, hosted by The Mind & Life Institute.

Center founder and Director Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker on June 17th for the Mindful Healthcare Speaker Series, an online event supporting healthcare professionals.

Join Center founder and director Richard Davidson on the UW Now Livestream at 7 p.m. CDT on 6/16 as he discusses mental health and well-being amid crisis with Alvin Thomas, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at UW–Madison.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will join the Mentora Institute's Intersections Webcast to discuss why meditation may be among the most valuable aids available to us in these tumultuous times. 

Peter Weng, CEO of Healthy Minds Innovations, will speak at the Mindfulness and Compassion Global Summit. The summit is an online event from June 4-6 that will share practical ways that mindfulness and compassion can help each of us in our own lives.

Join experts from Healthy Minds Innovations for weekly virtual, live meditations.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will be presenting at the Global Resilience Summit - an online event to help cultivate individual and collective resilience. His talk will cover how you can improve your individual resilience. 

Research Scientist Cortland Dahl will present as part of Mindful in May, a 30-day mindfulness challenge held online.

Research Scientist Cortland Dahl will present as part of Mindful in May, a 30-day mindfulness challenge held online.

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, will speak at the Catholic-Buddhist Dialogue webinar. Join four prominent Catholic and Buddhist scholars as they explore critical questions in a special webinar observance of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary.

Faculty Member John Dunne and Sheldon Solomon will discuss how Buddhist contemplations of mortality and impermanence might alter the effects of our otherwise unconscious terror of death at an upcoming event at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson and former NFL Linebacker Chris Borland will discuss how contemplative practice can be tailored to the unique challenges athletes face on and off the field at an upcoming event at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City

During the immediate COVID-19 crisis, many of us are navigating fear, uncertainty, and change—remote work life, compromised streams of income, children at home all day, feelings of isolation, and more. Join us for a webinar with researchers and meditation experts for guided practices and a Q&A specifically related to current experiences and feelings related to COVID-19.

Can joy and compassion be learned? Join Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson along with Lama Tsomo in San Francisco to explore how we can use meditation to expand our capacity for connection.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present the keynote at the 2020 Moore Symposium at TCU, discussing the importance of developing well-being as a skill.

Peter Weng, CEO of Healthy Minds Innovations, will present a talk on well-being in everyday life as part of the Mindful Living Summit's free online event.

Center researcher Tawni Tidwell will present at the Tibetan Medicine Workshop in New York, NY, sharing insights from her research and practice

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will talk at the Welfare Neuropedagogy Conference in Barcelona about different strategies that teachers can use to cultivate well-being. 

Pelin Kesebir, an Assistant Scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, will share a conversation with activist Aalayah Eastmond at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City about how trauma can inspire people to create a better world. 

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present a lecture, "Well-being is a Skill" on February 13 at University of North Carolina Asheville, followed by a master class on February 14.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will give his talk, Well-Being is a Skill, as part of the Mellon-Borghesi Workshop on Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, Practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Humanities.

This event at Tergar Meditation Community is a special opportunity to hear Dr. Davidson present the latest research findings on this subject. Along with his presentation, there will be a short, guided meditation, and plenty of time to ask Dr. Davidson questions.

Center founder and director Richard Davidson will present Well-being as a Skill at Tech 2019 in Visakhapatnam, India

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will present, "Well-being is a skill: Science demonstrates how we can make the world kinder, wiser and more compassionate," at Lambeau Field in Green Bay as part of the Force for Positive Change conference.

Healthy Minds Innovations CEO Peter Weng will present, "Scientific Rigor at Scale: Applying the Science of Well-being" at the Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington, DC

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will participate in a panel discussion on the Intersection of Science and Spirituality at the Beth Israel Center as part of the Scientists in Synagogues Capstone event. 

Center faculty member Charles Raison will present  Mindfulness And Compassion At Work at the annual City of Fitchburg Business Appreciation Luncheon.

Dr. Richard Davidson will present "Well-being is a Skill" at the XXVII Mexican Congress of Psychology at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Center founder Richard Davidson will speak at Mindfulness in America, an event in New York City.

Center faculty member John Dunne will present, "What are the Ingredients of a Flourishing Life? An Overview of the Student Flourishing Initiative" in the Main Hall Forum at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker at the Dare to Know TedX event in San Francisco on October 3, 2019

Dekila Chungyalpa will be a plenary speaker at the 2019 Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York at the American Museum of Natural History.

Richard Davidson will speak about well-being as a skill at the Health, Meditation and Consciousness Symposium: Healing the Body, Healing the Soul

Associate Scientist Stacey Schaefer will present at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Washington, DC

Associate Scientist Stacey Schaefer will present at the Alzheimers Institute Training Day on the role of emotions in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson will give a lecture on "Well-being as a Skill" at the University of Southern California Center for Mindfulness. 

Dekila Chungyalpa will be a panelist at Research to Action - The Science of Drawdown and will be speaking on the art and science of communication. The event will be held at Penn State University.

Center founder Richard Davidson will speak at the William K. Warren Frontiers in Neuroscience Conferences in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an event hosted by the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.

Learn more about this event.

Dekila Chungyalpa will host an evening talk followed by a full-day workshop at the Upaya Institue, presenting on restoring resilience in nature, community and ourselves.

Richard Davidson will host a discussion with author Yongey Minguir Rinpoche about Rinpoche's new book, "In Love With the World"

Center researcher Dan Grupe will present on a panel discussion that focuses on research on stress and trauma in law enforcement

Center founder Richard Davidson will present at the Wisdom 2.0 Compassion in Leadership Summit in Mountain View, CA. 

Center Founder Richard Davidson and author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche will discuss Rinpoche's latest book, "In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying."

Center founder Richard Davidson will present at the Mindful Health Summit, an online event.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will lead conversations on neuroscience and well-being at the Varela Symposium on The Science of Connection, Complexity, and Emptiness in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Discover the science behind meditation and how meditation is a tool to transform the mind

Richard Davidson will discuss how to cultivate well-being and how to apply these techniques as future leaders.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will speak at the 2019 Festival of Faiths

Center founder Richard Davidson presents at the 2019 Integrative Mental Health Conference.

Katharine Hayhoe – a world renowned climate scientist and Christian – will discuss how Christians can overcome the barriers between faith and science

Center researcher Pelin Kesebir shares recent scientific research on what it takes to cultivate and nurture even our most difficult relationships

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the symposium, this year's Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion features presentations from top emotion researchers

Center Founder Richard Davidson and meditation expert Cortland Dahl will spend time practicing the forms of meditation they are studying, and exploring this pioneering research.

Center founder Richard Davidson discusses the latest on the science of meditation and concludes with a short, guided meditation

Center founder Richard Davidson is 2019 Lesley University Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Sonnabend Fellow.

Associate Scientist Stacey Schaefer will present a thematic flash talk at the 2019 Society for Affective Science Annual Conference in Boston.

Center founder Richard Davidson will participate in a two-day event in partnership with Edith-Haberland-Wagner Foundation. Over the course of two days, he will discuss mindfulness in education as well as hosts a talk discussing his pioneering research into the effects of mindfulness on the brain and how how mental training fundamentally and sustainably contributes to our mental, emotional and physical well-being.

Join Center well-being expert Chad McGehee and former NFL player Chris Borland for an evening discussing the intersection of mindfulness and sports

An exploration of the brain across the life span and how mental training can have positive ripple effects in an individual's life and society writ large

Center founder Richard J. Davidson will discuss the applications of neuroscience to education as well as participate in a panel discussion

Center founder Richard Davidson will present cutting-edge research at the Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine

Center Founder Richard Davidson will deliver the keynote on Thursday, October 18th at the New York Association of School Psychologists (NYASP) Conference in Lake Placid, NY.

Center founder Richard Davidson joins mindfulness experts from around the world for a free, five day mindfulness training

Center for Healthy Minds Founder Richard Davidson will talk about the latest research findings on meditation, as well as leading a short meditation

Identifying the qualities characterizing a healthy mind

This event, featuring Buddhist leader His Holiness Sakya Trichen Rinpoche, Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison Director and neuroscientist Richard Davidson, and award-winning radio host Steve Paulson will explore humanity’s tendencies toward cooperation and peace, and how we can learn from them to cultivate greater inner wisdom. 

How can we learn to cultivate happiness?

A week-long exploration of kinship, conflict and compassion

An exploration of mindfulness practices to childbirth and parenting

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Madison Reunion

In this virtual event, you will learn how mindfulness supports healthy adult-child relationships and what we know about mindful parenting and teaching

Essential teachings on the Joy of Living with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard Davidson.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will give a talk on "Well-Being is a Skill" at St. John's Hospital in Jackson, WY.

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Academy for the Love of Learning in a dialogue about the transformative impact of the Academy's work.

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Varela Symposium on Transforming Conflict - From Science to Real World Applications.

How do scientists measure and detect consciousness?

Center Founder Richard Davidson will participate in the Scholar'd for Life Series by the Middleton Public Library.

Center Founder Richard Davidson and colleagues support a conference focused on the science of emotions

Center Founder Richard Davidson will be a featured speaker at Educating Mindful Minds

An exploration of recent scientific findings that demonstrate how meditation can help us train the mind and rewire the brain to experience mindfulness, compassion, and insight

Center Founder Richard Davidson will offer keynotes at GLOBART Mindfulness Forum in Melk and Vienna, Austria.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will lead a multidisciplinary meeting to explore the intersections between meditation, health and well-being.

How can we use the latest science and ancient wisdom to cultivate happiness?

Center Founder Richard Davidson speaks at The American Dream in Wisconsin Series hosted by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins a Mind & Life Dialogue at the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Center Founder Richard Davidson will offer a Symposium Talk at AAAS Conference.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will present at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

An evening on the science of well-being with Center Founder Richard Davidson

Center Founder Richard Davidson will present at the 2017 WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar

Lead contributors to the Erdman Family Match Campaign receive a special invite to this celebration with Richard Davidson and Matthieu Ricard

A discussion with Matthieu Ricard and Center Founder Richard Davidson

Center faculty member, Larissa Duncan, co-leads an introductory workshop for healthcare professionals and expectant couples.

Dr. Davidson joins the Awareness Leadership Workshop lead by Mingyur Rinpoche in Hong Kong

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins Daniel Goleman and Jon Kabat-Zinn for a talk hosted by the Garrison Institute

Center Founder Richard Davidson and Daniel Goleman join Wisdom 2.0 Productions to discuss their new book Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

Center Founder Richard Davidson and Daniel Goleman join 1440 Multiversity to discuss the fascinating findings in their new book, Altered Traits.

Center Founder Richard Davidson explores everyday well-being on the 1440 Multiversity campus

Center Founder Richard Davidson gives a talk on his new book, Altered Traits, and book signing at A Room of One's Own

Center Founder Richard Davidson will be the keynote at the 33rd Annual Distance Teaching & Learning Conference

A dialogue with Myoshin Kelley and Dr. Richard Davidson in Moscow presented by Tergar.

Center Founder Richard Davidson will deliver the keynote at the Mindfulness in Society 2017 Conference in Chester, UK.

Pelin Kesebir, social psychologist and Center Assistant Scientist, combines recent insights from the science of happiness with ancient wisdom for Dream Bank

Elevating the Early Years Through Access and Equity

Charles Raison will give the keynote at the 2nd Pain Unconference at the University of Alberta. 

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins Zen Brain 2017 to lead conversations on neuroscience and well-being

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Global Philanthropists Circle to lead conversations on how to increase consciousness and awareness for the greater good.

Please join us for a special gathering to celebrate the Center’s new home

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a keynote speaker at the 2017 Mindfulness Research Conference at the University of Washington

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a tour and roundtable discussion on Center research initiatives led by Associate Scientist Melissa Rosenkranz

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a featured lecturer at NYU Post-Graduate Medical School's Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Join us for a special gathering to celebrate you and all you have accomplished with your support of the Center for Healthy Minds

The Baby Brain and Behavior Project hosts an appreciation event

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a tour and roundtable discussion on Center research initiatives led by Assistant Scientist Dan Grupe

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a keynote speaker at the conference hosted annually by the Mind & Life Institute

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a featured speaker at the inaugural session of Compassion in Practice

An evening dialogue with Center Founder Richard Davidson and contemplative teacher Acharya Fleet Maull

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a tour and roundtable discussion on current Center research initiatives led by Scientific Co-Director Robin Goldman

Join us in Madison for a presentation on research projects in the classroom and meet the staff and supporters who make the Center's work possible

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a guest of honor and speaker at the 4th annual professional conference

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a featured speaker at this year's "Compassion: Brain Changer" conference

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a tour and special scientific presentation by graduate student Matthew Hirshberg on developing well-being in teachers and students

Center Founder Richard Davidson presents the latest research findings on meditation and its impact on the brain at this special event hosted by Tergar Madison

Center faculty member Larissa Duncan invites expectant parents and healthcare professionals for a weekend workshop on using mindfulness in childbirth and parenting

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to an in-depth research equipment viewing and discussion led by Senior Information Processing Consultant in the Brain Imaging Core, Michael Anderle

Center Founder Richard Davidson presents "Creating a Healthy Mind: The Neuroscience of Well-Being" at the three day forum on health and wellness

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a tour and special scientific presentation by researcher Cecilia Westbrook on the role of executive function and memory in the risk for internalizing disorders

In this evening talk, Center Founder Richard Davidson and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche provide perspectives based on their backgrounds in neuroscientific research and Tibetan Buddhism, respectively

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche for a weekend workshop including teachings and discussions on meditation and the cultivation of well-being

Center Founder Richard Davidson is the keynote speaker at annual awards ceremony

Join us in Madison for a lecture on the latest well-being science by Center Founder Richard Davidson and meet the staff and supporters who make the Center's work possible.

Center Founder Richard Davidson presents Cultivating Well-Being: Perspectives from affective & contemplative neuroscience at the inaugural UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies conference for clinical psychologists

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a special presentation and tour of the Center

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche in leading a workshop including teachings and discussions on meditation and the cultivation of well-being

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins leading Buddhist scholar Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro to discuss the modern science behind traditional contemplative practices

Center for Healthy Minds members are invited to a special presentation and tour of the Center

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a plenary speaker at ICIMH 2016: Bridging Research, Clinical Care, Education, and Policy

Center Founder Richard Davidson presents the Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture on meditation and its impact on the brain and well-being

Center for Healthy Minds Founder Richard Davidson joins friend and author Lama Tsomo to discuss the latest scientific research on meditation

Center Founder Richard Davidson and colleagues support a conference focused on the science of emotions

Center faculty explore the science of well-being at Zen Brain 2016

An evening on the science of well-being with Center Founder Richard Davidson

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins a group of leading politicians, thinkers and innovators for several days of discussion and other events

Center experts share perspectives about contemplative practices for children and families

The Center teams up to explore conscioiusness with world experts

Center Founder Richard Davidson kicks off Wisdom 2.0 conference, discussing how well-being is a skill that can be learned

With scientists and scholars, Founder Richard Davidson gives a talk on the science of well-being

What can good leadership take away from well-being skills?

The Center shares why video games may be a powerful tool for improving well-being in youth

Center Founder Richard Davidson is one of the keynote speakers for the event

Davidson shares thoughts at international marketing conference

Children are inspired to share their visions of compassion through art

How does neuroscience shape our well-being?

The Center participates in larger event on the genius of nature

Center participates in global conversations on well-being

Davidson travels to India to partake in Mind and Life dialogues

What do we know about well-being in infants, children and families?

University of Wisconsin–Madison hosts celebration of well-being practices and community

The Center partakes in the Mind and Life dialogue on contemplative studies in Mundgo, India

An exploration of well-being from science and the humanities

Richard Davidson blends neuroscience with music at the annual Festival on Universitiy of Wisconsin–Madison campus

Center Founder Richard Davidson explores the science of compassion at event

The Center for Healthy Minds partakes in meeting on contemplative science

Center Founder Richard Davidson Speaks at Symposia in Denver, CO

Center Founder Richard Davidson leads keynote for Omega Institute for Holistic Studies

Center Founder Richard Davidson partakes in annual science festival

Center Founder Richard Davidson keynotes conference on mind-body medicine

Can happiness be learned?

Center for Healthy Minds supports event, "Manifesting the Mind Further – Explorations of Human Consciousness"

Center Founder Richard Davidson gives update on the neuroscience of well-being for colleagues

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson shares latest findings with select UW–Madison group

Center faculty attend event expanding the study of well-being and contemplative studies

Center Founder Richard Davidson gives keynote address at event focused on well-being challenges facing health professionals

Center Founder Richard Davidson attends conference in Telluride, Colorado

The official opening of the Center for Healthy Minds

Center Founder Richard Davidson shares the latest at the intersection of well-being and consciousness at national event

Center Founder Richard Davidson speaks at annual symposium on emotion

Center Founder Richard Davidson and His Holiness the Dalai Lama participate in global dialogue in Washington, D.C.

Center Founder Richard Davidson participates in discussions about what it means to be human