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Official page of Center for Healthy Minds at UW-Madison, founded by world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard J. Davidson. "The key to a healthy life is a healthy mind." Learn more about our shared work, research and experts at centerhealthyminds.org! .. more

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Richard J. Davidson is an American psychologist and professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as founder and chair of the Center for Healthy Minds and the affiliated non-profit Healthy Minds Innovations. .. more

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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats to CHM Core Faculty member Simon Goldberg and Founder/Director Dr. Richard J. Davidson on receiving a $2.8M grant from National Institutes of Mental Health to support their research on digital interventions for mental health interventions!

@sgoldbergphd.bsky.social @d3center.bsky.social

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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Aug 6

Listen to Episode 17, “Tukdam: The Practice of Awakening at the Moment of Death” from The Kind Heartfulness Podcast, where Research Assistant Professor Dr. Tawni Tidwell shares the latest research into the meditative state of Tukdam.

Listen here: gomde.eu/en/kind-hear...

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The Loka Initiative @lokainitiative.bsky.social · Apr 8

Loka's thrilled to be part of @uwmadison.bsky.social's Earth Fest 2025! 🌎 @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability are proudly co-hosting this year's Earth Fest Forum! Details: earthfest.wisc.edu/events/earth...

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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congratulations to #CenterforHealthyMinds’ Core Faculty member Dr. Teri Pipe for her recognition as an American Academy of Nursing Fellow!

Read more - aannet.org/news/703938/...

#UWMadison #AmericanAcademyofNursing #NursingLeadership

Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Jun 2

Climate leader and @lokainitiative.bsky.social Director @dchungyalpa.bsky.social joined Tricycle Magazine for an interview series, and this talk will explore humanity’s thirst to control nature while also emphasizing what water can teach us about wisdom & compassion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyN9...

In Deep Water: Learning to Build Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene with Dekila Chungyalpa

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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · May 23

A sneak peek behind the scenes of this evening's performance of OUT BEYOND!

We're getting excited to welcome the Healthy Minds community to the sold out show that will be a musical journey into transformation and healing. See you there!

#CenterforHealthyMinds #RichardJDavidson #DalalAbuAmneh

Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks for sharing!!

Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · May 12

The 2025 International Forum on Consciousness, May 15-16, will feature CHM experts! Dr. @tawnitidwell.bsky.social, CHM research assistant professor, will present: "Life in Suspension with Death: Bridging Worlds of Body and Consciousness in Tibetan Tukdam Meditation."
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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · May 9

Check out this sneak peek of OUT BEYOND, the Center's latest event on May 23 in Madison, WI — a transformative, music-infused experience featuring Dr. Richard J. Davidson and Dr. Dalal Abu Amneh.

Get tickets today: go.wisc.edu/79lk87

#OUTBEYOND #CenterforHealthyMinds #UWMadison

Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Apr 28

💡 Could Mindfulness and Community Break the Cycle? A new CHM study seeks to support mental health after incarceration. Read more about this study and how collaborative community partners have been involved every step of the way.

Read the full story: centerhealthyminds.org/news/study-t...

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

What if a mindfulness-based, trauma-sensitive curriculum for formerly incarcerated people could improve mental health and wellbeing, and support their transition from prison back into the community? A...

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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join Dr. #RichardJDavidson, world-renowned neuroscientist, and Dr. #DalalAbuAmneh, CHM visiting scientist and artist, on May 23 for OUT BEYOND: A Musical Journey Into Transformation and Healing at @uwmadison.bsky.social! 🎶

🎟️Tickets on sale now! > go.wisc.edu/dbg8e9 🎟️

Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Apr 23

A new CHM study seeks to understand the impacts of “Psychology of Deep Resilience” (PDR) – an online four-course program launched by the @lokainitiative.bsky.social last year about navigating climate change distress.

Read the full story now!
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Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social · Apr 18

🌎 To face the climate crisis, we have to feel it first. 🌎 A must-read article that digs deeper into building climate courage ahead of Earth Day, with interviews from @lokainitiative.bsky.social Director Dekila Chungyalpa, CHM Founder Dr. Richard J. Davidson & more! nelson.wisc.edu/how-to-build...

How to Build Climate Courage

Fill in the blank: It takes courage to ___________.

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