Your brain is changing all the time, whether you realize it or
not. Everything from your hobbies and chores to the media
you consume can physically shape it. So how can you make sure
it’s changing in ways that actually serve you?
Laurie speaks with neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, whose
decades of work with the Dalai Lama helped pioneer the scientific
study of meditation. Drawing on research with Buddhist monks,
stressed-out school teachers, and others, Richie explains why
psychological flourishing is a skill we can train, and how simple
practices involving awareness, connection, insight, and purpose
can help us become more resilient, focused, and fulfilled. His
new book, Born to Flourish, is out now.
Experts Mentioned:
Richard Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and
Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cortland Dahl, Contemplative Scientist at the Center for
Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Matthieu Ricard, Buddhist monk
François Jacob, Nobel Prize-winning biologist
Resources Mentioned:
Born to Flourish: How New Science and Ancient Wisdom Reveal a
Simple Path to Thriving, by Richard Davidson and Cortland Dahl
(2026)
“Neurogenesis in the adult brain: death of a dogma,” by
Charles Gordon Gross (Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2000)
“The book of neurogenesis,” by Matthew Sloan (Harvard Health
Publishing, 2021)
“In pursuit of resilience: stress, epigenetics, and brain
plasticity,” by Bruce McEwen (Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences, 2016)
“The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for
the cultivation of human flourishing,” by Cortland Dahl,
Christine Wilson-Mendenhall, and Richard Davidson (Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, 2020)
“Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of
taxi drivers,” by Eleanor Maguire, David Gadian, Ingrid
Johnsrude, Catriona Good, John Ashburner, Richard Frackowiak, and
Christopher Frith (Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, 2000)
“Training induces changes in white-matter architecture,” by
Jan Scholz, Miriam Klein, Timothy Behrens, and Heidi
Johansen-Berg (Nature Neuroscience, 2009)
“Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma
synchrony during mental practice,” by Antoine Lutz, Lawrence
Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Matthieu Ricard, Richard Davidson
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004)
“A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-Based
Well-Being Training in Public School System Employees During the
COVID-19 Pandemic,” by Matthew Hirshberg, Corrina Frye, Cortland
Dahl, Kevin Riordan, Nathan Vack, Jane Sachs, Robin Goldman,
Richard Davidson, and Simon B Goldberg (Journal of Educational
Psychology, 2022)
“Altered anterior insula activation during anticipation and
experience of painful stimuli in expert meditators,” by Antoine
Lutz, Daniel McFarlin, David Perlman, Tim Salomons, and Richard
Davidson (Neuroimage, 2013)
Healthy Minds Program (meditation app)
“Integrating mindfulness and connection practices into
preservice teacher education results in durable automatic race
bias reductions,” by Matthew Hirshberg, Lisa Flook, Evan Moss,
Robert Enright, and Richard Davidson (Journal of School
Psychology, 2022)
“Sitting and Active Meditation Practice: Utilization and
Associations with Outcomes in Naturalistic and Clinical Trial
Data,” by Simon B Goldberg, Zishan Jiwani, Cortland J Dahl,
Raquel Tatar, John D Dunne, Richard J Davidson, Matthew J
Hirshberg (Mindfulness, 2026)
Related Episodes:
“How to Find Your Purpose”
“The Power of Awe… and Where to Find It”
“Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Socrates and
Self-Knowledge”
“How to Adopt a Growth Mindset”
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