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Sep 2023
1h 6m

Dr. Richard Davidson: What We’re Getting...

MAYIM BIALIK
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Dr. Richard Davidson (Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds) shows us what it truly means to be well in your emotional self by harnessing our trauma mechanisms into well-being! He breaks down the scientific data he’s gathered on long-term meditators (including monks!) to show the efficacy of meditation ... Show More
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