Research shows that inadequate coping skills for everyday stressors leads to a myriad of symptoms – from poor staff morale and employee absenteeism to teen substance abuse, depression, and anxiety.
Why Happiness is a Superpower
happify.com
Practicing mindfulness is one of the single most powerful things you can do for your wellbeing. This short video from Dan Harris and happify.com offers a simple, witty explanation of the power of mindfulness.
When Science Meets Mindfulness
The Harvard Gazette
In recent decades, public interest in mindfulness meditation has soared. Paralleling, and perhaps feeding, the growing popular acceptance has been rising scientific attention. The number of randomized controlled trials — the gold standard for clinical study — involving mindfulness has jumped from one in the period from 1995‒1997 to 11 from 2004‒2006, to a whopping 216 from 2013‒2015, according to a recent article summarizing scientific findings on the subject.
The Mindfulness Movement
PBS Documentary
Directed by Deepak Chopra and singer-songwriter Jewel, this documentary highlights the growing number of people of all ages and backgrounds who believe mindfulness is the key to making more moments matter in their lives and creating a healthier, happier world. The film also includes interviews with Dan Harris, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg, George Mumford and many more.
Mindfulness and Management
Harvard Business Review
Mindfulness is now seen as a crucial skill in business. Meditation practices have the capacity to calm the mind, relax the body, boost resilience, and even increase situational awareness. The study of mindfulness — often defined as paying attention, nonjudgmentally and on purpose — is a regular part of the creativity and wellness culture at firms around the world.
Future of Work: Mindfulness as a Leadership Practice
Jeanne Meister, Forbes
I first learned about mindfulness at the moment I needed it the most: I was referred to the mindfulness work of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, by my surgeon after breaking both my ankle and top of my foot in an accident.
Mindfulness and Teenagers
the guardian
Psychologists and neuroscientists from Oxford University and University College London plan unprecedented trial of how mindfulness affects mental health.
CURATED RESOURCES
Mindfulness Apps & YouTube Channels
HUMIN (free) humin.org
InsightTimer (free) insighttimer.com
Equa (free trial/subscription) equahealth.io
Ten Percent with Dan Harris (free trial/subscription) danharris.com/meditation-app
Calm (free trial/subscription) calm.com
Podcasts & Sites
Becoming Jackson Whole becomingjacksonwhole.org
Dr. Amishi Jha (BJW Chief Science Advisor) amishi.com
Ten Percent with Dan Harris (listen free on the site or wherever you get your podcasts) danharris.com/podcast
Greater Good Science Center greatergood.berkeley.edu
Mindful Magazine (sign up for free newsletter for content without paywall) mindful.org
Self-Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff (free) self-compassion.org
Books
Peak Mind by Dr. Amishi Jha amishi.com/books/peak-mind
Ten Percent Happier by Dan Harris danharris.com/books
The Stress Prescription by Dr. Elissa Epel elissaepel.com/the-stress-prescription
Born to Flourish: How new science and ancient wisdom reveal a simple path to thriving by Dr. Richard J. Davidson and Dr. Cortland Dahl richardjdavidson.com/born-to-flourish
Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dr. Dacher Keltner dacherkeltner.com/books
This 2025 event, presented by Becoming Jackson Whole, Connie Kemmerer, and St. John’s Health, featured a public presentation on community flourishing, “The Science of Well-Being,” led by researcher Dr. Richard Davidson.
in partnership with:
and Connie Kemmerer
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder & Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.
Richard “Richie” Davidson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Psychology in 1976. His research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices.
He has published more than 600 papers, numerous chapters and reviews, and edited 20 books. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of The Emotional Life of Your Brain published in 2012 and co-author with Daniel Goleman of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, published in 2017.
He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006 and elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. Since 2018, he has served on the Governing Board of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP).
In 2014, Davidson founded the non-profit, Healthy Minds Innovations, which translates science into tools (including a brilliant app) to cultivate and measure well-being. This free resource is widely promoted by Becoming Jackson Hole.
Learn more about Dr. Davidson and his work:
Our community partners made this event possible.
FUTURE EVENT SPONSORSHIP: Deidre Norman, deidre@becomingjacksonwhole.org, 415-439-3483