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Richard J. Davidson

Richard J. Davidson of the Center for Healthy Minds discusses the scientific evidence suggesting that we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivate habits of mind that will improve well-being.

His talk, “Well-being is a Skill,” is the first keynote for the TCU 2023 Ronald E. Moore Humanities Symposium on the question, What is well-being?

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Rhonda V. Magee

Rhonda V. Magee, Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and Director of the USF Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics, joined Dr. Frederick Gooding and Mr. Marcellis Perkins for a special live Reconcile This! podcast interview in the TCU Van Cliburn Concert Hall as part of the 2023 Moore Humanities Symposium on the question, What is well-being?

Professor Magee is a leading mindfulness teacher and practice innovator with a focus on applying mindfulness to the hardest challenges of our times. She is an internationally-recognized teacher, guide and mentor, focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law and social change work. A prolific author, she draws on law and legal history to weave storytelling, poetry, analysis and practices into inspiration for changing how we think, act and live better together in a rapidly changing world.

Rhonda V. Magee

In her keynote address for the 2023 Moore Humanities Symposium, Rhonda Magee explores mindfulness as a support for enhancing well-being together. The theme of the talk is "Deepening the Inner Work of Flourishing Together: Practicing Ethically-grounded, Socially-engaged Mindfulness in Troubled Times." She explores how research-based practices can support us in growing and strengthening, not merely individually, but interpersonally and as communities.