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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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How to build resilience in hard times

April 23, 2025

“Inner, community, and planetary resilience are interdependent,” says Loka Director Dekila Chungyalpa. “You cannot achieve any one of these things... Learn More

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CHM Researchers to Study How to Navigate Climate Change Distress

April 4, 2025

An online four-course program launched by the Loka Initiative last year, is also the center of a study by Center for Healthy Minds (CHM)... Learn More >

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Beyond Happiness: What Science Says About a Flourishing Life

April 4, 2025

People who embrace their emotions rather than constantly striving to feel happy often experience greater well-being. Learn More

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Can Mindfulness and Community Break the Cycle? New CHM Study Seeks to Support Mental Health After Incarceration

April 2, 2025

What if a mindfulness-based, trauma-sensitive curriculum for formerly incarcerated people could improve mental health and wellbeing, and support... Learn More >

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Insights at the Edge Podcast: The Energizing Force of Compassion, with Dr. Cortland Dahl

March 26, 2025

A conversation on turning your everyday actions into offerings of generosity and care. Learn More

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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

March 26, 2025

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson explains how microdosing well-being can change your relationship to your thoughts, manage the activation of your... Learn More

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Our Commitment to the Science and Practice of Wellbeing

March 7, 2025

On a day when thousands here in Madison and across the country are standing up for science, we assure our supporters and the public that the Center... Learn More >

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Building a Culture of Belonging, Flourishing and Love with Dr. Tony Chambers

March 6, 2025

How is belonging a practice of love? Are "fitting in" and "belonging the same?" Is experience belonging the same as a sense of belonging? ? Dig... Learn More

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The Center for Healthy Minds, along with other venues, hosted the cultural event in February 2025.

February 28, 2025

The Center for Healthy Minds, along with other venues, hosted the cultural event in February 2025. Learn More

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Dosage Dilemma: Unpacking Meditation App Science with Simon Goldberg

February 12, 2025

Although meditation apps are gaining popularity, a clear link between usage dosage and intervention outcomes has yet to be established.  In this... Learn More

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Study co-authored by UW–Madison’s Short, Williams, Kral shows racism could affect infant brain development

February 12, 2025

Maternal experiences with racism could affect brain development of children in utero, according to a study co-authored by a School of Education... Learn More

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The Short Story: Three Realms of Resilience

February 4, 2025

Dekila Chungyalpa, director of the Loka Initiative at UW–Madison, is meeting uncertainty with resilience. Learn More