Tara Brach Flourishing in an Unraveling World: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Richard Davidson
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May 1, 2026 
Richard J. Davidson, pioneering neuroscientist and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, is introduced with his work on well-being and resilience. He discusses cultivating innate capacities like awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. Short daily practices, media boundaries, contagious compassion, and simple rituals for belonging are highlighted as key themes.
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Fear-Minded Media Contracts Awareness
- Modern media are engineered to activate fear which contracts awareness and undermines flourishing.
- Davidson explains neuroplasticity often happens unwittingly as we're daily bombarded by fear-provoking information.
Limit News And Interrupt Phone Urges
- Set concrete boundaries with news and devices and use awareness to interrupt automatic checking.
- Davidson reads a physical New York Times and limits consumption to avoid algorithmic fear activation.
Davidson's Personal Practice Balances Long Retreats And Short Daily Sessions
- Richard J. Davidson shares his own practice rhythm: about 45 minutes of daily sitting and regular retreats.
- He balances long practice with the evidence that beginners benefit from short, consistent practices.
