Richard Davidson and his team want to help create a kinder, wiser and more compassionate world. And it all started in 1992 when Davidson met the Dalai Lama. Davidson, founder of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds, focuses his research on why some people are more vulnerable to life’s challenges than others. The Dalai Lama suggested shifting away from studying things like anxiety and depression to studying kindness and compassion.
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