Cortland Dahl

Expert on mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of well-being.

Research Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds College of Letters and Science cortland.dahl@wisc.edu Home page

Topics

• How meditation practices, such as mindfulness, can contribute to greater levels of well-being
• The role that attention, healthy relationships, self-knowledge, and purpose and meaning shape our lives and levels of happiness
• How scientists measure and think about well-being, and how it can be cultivated by training the mind

Achievements

• Creator of the Healthy Minds Program, a flagship program offered by the Center for Healthy Minds
• Publication of twelve books and numerous scientific articles on meditation and the cultivation of well-being
• Co-founder of a global network of meditation centers

Tags

• health/medicine, human
• psychology/human behavior