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Appreciating Friends And Loved Ones Practice

Healthy Minds in Practice: Appreciating Friends and Loved Ones

November 24, 2020

This 10-minute practice guides you through focusing on the positive qualities of your loved ones as a way to feel more connected to them and more appreciative of the impact they have on your life.

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Mind, Brain and Emotion

Researchers Launch Fully Mobile Study on Meditation and Depression

October 29, 2020

A team at the Center for Healthy Minds is starting new research to understand whether a mobile well-being app, the Healthy Minds Program, can improve depression for people living with the condition.

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Children

Six Ways to Support Children’s Well-Being During the Pandemic

October 21, 2020

Recently, Center for Healthy Minds faculty Sarah Short and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan shared their expertise for the virtual event The World We Make 2020, discussing the importance of nurturing the development of healthy minds in our children. In this article, we share insights from that discussion.

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Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds in Practice: Invisible Forces

October 20, 2020

This 10-minute practice uses self-inquiry to help us see the attitudes, stereotypes and other hidden biases that shape our thoughts and emotions.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama And Richard Davidson

Well-Being in Adults

Virtual Events Explore Science of Well-Being, Feature New Insights from Dalai Lama

September 30, 2020

This year's The World We Make event is free and open to the public, from October 5 - 9, 2020. The nightly virtual events will explore science of well-being and feature new insights from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Well-Being in Adults

Researchers Develop New Metrics for Measuring Mental States During Meditation

September 23, 2020

In a recent collaborative study across institutions, researchers developed a new framework to identify mental states during meditation. This included the focus-on-breath state and mind wandering, and estimates of how much time meditators spend in each state.

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Video: Neuroscientist Dr. Richard J. Davidson Answers Emotion Questions | WIRED

Nov 06, 2024

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.

Research Shows Racism May Influence Infant Brain Development

Nov 01, 2024

CHM and HMI researchers publish new findings about the intergenerational impact of racism on the newborn brain.

If you’re biting your nails over the election, use these expert tips to reduce stress | CNN

Oct 22, 2024

“We are in a generally heightened state of stress caused by events around the world,” said neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of CHM. Here are a few expert-approved tips that can help in the latest article from CNN.

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