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Center for Healthy Minds Shares Crucial Findings of No Symptom Worsening Following Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy 

August 20, 2026

Researchers have released findings of no evidence that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) increased a risk of symptom worsening, in a... Learn More >

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Latest CHM Study Aims to End the Trial and Error of Mental Health Care

August 19, 2026

What if there were a more timely, nimble and accurate way to measure people’s mental wellbeing to understand when treatment starts working and for... Learn More >

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Community Wisdom is Transforming Wellbeing Initiatives and Research

June 24, 2026

Collaborations between Wisconsin community members and Center for Healthy Minds highlight the power of initiatives and research grounded in trust,... Learn More >

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Healthy Minds Innovations calms an anxious world with live YouTube meditations

May 6, 2020

Healthy Minds Innovations offers a live meditation every weekday during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sessions start at various hours to ensure... Learn More >

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Healthy Minds Innovations calms an anxious world with live YouTube meditations

May 5, 2020

Healthy Minds Innovations has been offering live guided meditations each weekday to help people feel more calm and become more resilient during... Learn More

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Are we morally obligated to meditate?

April 21, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson shares insights from research on how developing the skill of compassion can help us be happier while... Learn More

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It's OK to slow down: Why you don't have to optimize your coronavirus quarantine

April 17, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson shares advice for practicing appreciation and self-compassion during the COVID-19 pandemic Learn More

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When stress hits you like a slap in the face, how do you respond?

April 8, 2020

Center founder and director Richard Davidson suggests leaving visual cues as reminders to practice mindfulness, even when you're under extreme stress Learn More

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What Can a Buddhist Monk Teach Us About Panic and the Brain?

April 1, 2020

The Center's new longitudinal MRI case study of a Buddhist monk suggests that daily meditation may slow down brain aging over time. Learn More

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Turning Social Distancing Into a Positive

March 25, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about how social distancing can be seen as an act of generosity during the time of COVID-19 Learn More

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How To Cope With COVID-19 Anxiety

March 25, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about acting with compassion through social distancing and how to manage anxiety during this... Learn More

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Ease your mind by being mindful

March 24, 2020

A college student’s mind is constantly in motion. There are classes, homework, a social life, work, and more. But there’s growing research showing... Learn More >

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Daily meditation may help protect the brain from aging, study of Buddhist Monk's brain suggests

March 24, 2020

Newsweek highlights a Center study that scanned the brain of a Buddhist Monk, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, over the course of 14 years. Findings... Learn More

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Daily meditation could slow aging in your brain, study says

March 24, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about a Center study that found daily, intensive meditation slowed a monk's brain aging by as... Learn More

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Brain scans link meditation to slower “brain-aging” in advanced meditator

March 18, 2020

In a recent study, the brain of monk and long-time meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, who was 41 years old at the time, looked eight years younger... Learn More >