David Creswell Exploring Equanimity
In this episode, Wendy speaks with social psychologist and contemplative researcher David Creswell. David has been studying the effects of meditation on stress and resilience for over a decade, and has conducted some of the most rigorous studies to date investigating which aspects of mindfulness interventions bring benefit. This conversation covers many topics, including:\nintegrating psychology and Buddhism since high school;\nunderstanding stress and resilience;\nacceptance and equanimity in mindfulness;\nbringing scientific rigor to the study of mindfulness through dismantling trials;\neffects of equanimity on the stress response and positive emotions;\nhow contemplative skills spill over from the cushion into daily life;\nhow practice changes the brain and why those changes matter;\na risky study with a president's daughter;\nthe promise of apps to deliver mindfulness;\nhow acceptance differs from passive resignation;\nand viewing biology and psychology as two sides of the same coin.\nFull show notes and resources