Healthy Minds

Bias

Research Shows Racism May Influence Infant Brain Development

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on October 31, 2024

Maternal experiences of racism were associated with stronger brain connectivity in newborns in functional networks linked to fear and vigilance.

Maternal experiences of racism were associated with stronger brain connectivity in newborns in functional networks linked to fear and vigilance.

Meditation

How to Meditate Without a Formal Routine

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on June 28, 2024

Incorporating informal practices into our daily routines provides an accessible way to harness the transformative benefits of meditation while cultivating a more intentional life.

Incorporating informal practices into our daily routines provides an accessible way to harness the transformative benefits of meditation while cultivating a more intentional life.

Neuroplasticity

How to Hold Your Beliefs in a Healthy Way

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on March 25, 2024

Science shows that our biology is built to learn, grow, and adapt. To hold our beliefs in a healthy way, we can train ourselves to stay open, connected, and humble.

Science shows that our biology is built to learn, grow, and adapt. To hold our beliefs in a healthy way, we can train ourselves to stay open, connected, and humble.

Meditation

The Transformative Power of Self-Compassion

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on November 30, 2023

What if I told you that the difficulties and painful emotions we experience during the holidays can help direct us back to compassion?

What if I told you that the difficulties and painful emotions we experience during the holidays can help direct us back to compassion?

Meditation

Curiosity Is a Key to Well-Being

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on January 18, 2023

Curiosity is a key component of well-being, and cultivating it is a skill that can be learned.

Curiosity is a key component of well-being, and cultivating it is a skill that can be learned.

Meditation

6 Tips for Finding a Meditation App That Works for You

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on July 15, 2022

So you want to find a meditation app, but don't know where to start? Here's a scientist's perspective on how to find the right meditation app for you.

So you want to find a meditation app, but don't know where to start? Here's a scientist's perspective on how to find the right meditation app for you.

Health

How We Can Cultivate Collective Well-Being

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on May 17, 2022

All of us come into the world with a preference for kindness, goodness, and the capacity for awareness, but we have to nurture these qualities to flourish.

All of us come into the world with a preference for kindness, goodness, and the capacity for awareness, but we have to nurture these qualities to flourish.

Anxiety

5 Things That Can Alleviate Your Eco-Anxiety

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on April 19, 2022

Do you feel eco-anxiety resulting from climate distress? Here are techniques to cope with emotions and build inner resilience.

Do you feel eco-anxiety resulting from climate distress? Here are techniques to cope with emotions and build inner resilience.

Meditation

Transform Your Sleep Routine with Meditation

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on March 11, 2022

When was the last time you had a truly restful night’s sleep? Research shows that meditation can positively impact the quality of our sleep.

When was the last time you had a truly restful night’s sleep? Research shows that meditation can positively impact the quality of our sleep.

Stress

4 Tips for Managing Family Conflict This Thanksgiving

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on November 11, 2021

Getting defensive isn’t a personal failing. It’s a completely predictable biological response. But we can train our minds to react in calmer ways.

Getting defensive isn’t a personal failing. It’s a completely predictable biological response. But we can train our minds to react in calmer ways.

Happiness

How Much Does Personality Determine Our Happiness?

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on October 15, 2021

Some personalities are linked to higher rates of happiness. Dr. Pelin Kesebir explains the science and what we can do about it.

Some personalities are linked to higher rates of happiness. Dr. Pelin Kesebir explains the science and what we can do about it.

Health

3 Lessons from the Pandemic for Better Mental Health

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on September 15, 2021

A neuroscientist shares how to improve well-being despite our circumstances.

A neuroscientist shares how to improve well-being despite our circumstances.

Health

How to Stay Well This Fall by Focusing on Mental Health

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on August 18, 2021

Stress, depression, or loneliness can reduce the body’s ability to mount a response to vaccines, fight off viruses and stave off chronic disease. Here's what to do about it.

Stress, depression, or loneliness can reduce the body’s ability to mount a response to vaccines, fight off viruses and stave off chronic disease. Here's what to do about it.

Trauma

3 Steps to a Greater Sense of Purpose

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on July 15, 2021

Purpose is not determined by our biology, nor life's circumstances. It is something we can learn.

Purpose is not determined by our biology, nor life's circumstances. It is something we can learn.

Health

3 Ways to Curb Negative Mental Habits

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on June 14, 2021

What does your general emotional landscape look like? If your inner thoughts and feelings skew toward negativity, here are some strategies to help.

What does your general emotional landscape look like? If your inner thoughts and feelings skew toward negativity, here are some strategies to help.

Health

A Post-Pandemic View of Mental Health

The Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations on May 19, 2021

Taking stock of the last year of the pandemic and its effect on the world's emotional well-being.

Taking stock of the last year of the pandemic and its effect on the world's emotional well-being.