#neuroscience

We are born with 86 billion neurons and lose 2 billion over a lifetime, but 150 trillion synaptic connections reconstruct "the self" every 0.5 seconds -- and mindfulness meditation is the tool that lets you intentionally reshape this process.

University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson reveals four pillars of a healthy mind -- awareness, connection, insight, and purpose -- backed by fMRI evidence showing that just 7 hours of compassion meditation training produces measurable brain circuit changes.