#52 Cortland Dahl - Healthy Minds: We Can Train Mental Wellbeing in Just a Few Minutes a Day

In this episode of Products With Purpose, Eli spoke with Cortland Dahl who is the Chief Contemplative Officer of Healthy Minds Innovation

Driven by a mission to translate science into tools to cultivate and measure well-being, Healthy Minds Innovations is a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison which was started in 2014 by world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson.

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Some of the highlights from this episode:

• Exciting developments in mindfulness research
• Awareness, insight, connection, and purpose as the key components of mental wellbeing
• Cortland’s amazing life story that led him to this calling
• How Healthy Minds started and was even supported by the Dalai Lama
• Mindfulness as a learned behavior

-Relevant Links-

• Cortland's LinkedIn
• Healthy Minds
• Healthy Minds’ Framework

-Episode’s Recommended Read-

• The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness by Eric Swanson and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
• Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman
• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
• Mindset by Carol Dweck

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