Murdock Mind Body and Spirit series

The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Daniel Pink, New York Times bestselling author of “When, To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind”

July 31, 2019

Love, Lust, Commitment, and the Brain

Dr. Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and author, on romantic love, and attachment

July 16, 2019

Michael Pollan’s Case for Tripping to Heal

The potential for a new psychiatry tool could change mental health care.

August 22, 2018

Train Your Brain to Navigate Information Overload

Americans are taking in five times as much information each day this year than they did in 1987.

August 24, 2017

How can we achieve world peace? Tibetan monk says to start by looking within.

Tibetan lama (high priest) Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche shared insights on how we can work towards building peace both within ourselves and society as a whole.

April 19, 2016

The Secrets to a Long, Healthy Life are in the Blue Zone

The body is built to live to a healthy 90 years old, but on average, Americans live to age 78. In some corners of the world, however, communities defy these statistics, leading unusually long and healthy lives. What makes them different?

March 4, 2016

Goldie Hawn Discusses Mindfulness and Importance of Neuroscience Education

Hawn detailed her revolutionary MindUP program, a social and emotional literacy curriculum that serves over 400,000 children in schools across the United States and internationally.

December 19, 2014

Are You Living Mindfully or Mindlessly?

Mindlessness is a pervasive issue we all experience, according to social psychologist and Harvard University professor Ellen Langer. “Virtually all of us, almost all of the time, are not there,” she said at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, CO. And, she said, this matters because “all of our suffering — personal, interpersonal, societal — is a function, directly or indirectly, of this mindlessness.”

July 30, 2014