Shapiro is the recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies teaching award, acknowledging her outstanding contributions to education and is a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute co-founded by the Dalai Lama. SHAUNA SHAPIRO, PhD, is a professor at Santa Clara University, a clinical psychologist, and an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness. Shauna Shapiro draws on modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to demonstrate how mindfulness can help us make positive changes in our brains and our lives. How do we change? In this pioneering talk, Dr. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. from Harvard University in Psychology and has been teaching psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1984. Davidson has been recognized for his research through various awards, such as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Award and an Established Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders (NARSAD). He has published more than 400 articles and is the co-author of вЂњThe Emotional Life of Your BrainвЂќ and вЂњAltered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and BodyвЂќ, both published by Penguin. #Neuroscience #Wellbeing #MentalHealth Richard Davidson is Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.DavidsonвЂ™s research is focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. His research is focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing, including meditation and related contemplative practices. Davidson is Wiliam James and Vilas professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds. Richard Davidson is researching how mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains and what we know about people's brains of individuals showing more resilience than others. 'Why is it that some people are more vulnerable to life's slings and arrows and others more resilient?' In this eye-opening talk, Richard Davidson discusses how mindfulness can improve well-being and outlines strategies to boost four components of a healthy mind: awareness, connection, insight, and purpose.

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