The Resilient Mind with David Creswell

The Evolving Leader

In this episode of The Evolving Leader, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to resilience expert David Creswell. David is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University and Chief of Science at Equa Health. His research ranges from basic neuroscience to large community based clinical trials of stress management programs and techniques while his Health and Human Performance Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University leads on the science of mindfulness meditation training. David is also the Chief of Science at Equa Health, where he has used his research to build an interactive and personalised digital mindfulness training app (www.equahealth.io).
David’s work is often profiled in places like the NY Times, LA Times, the Washington Post, and the Today Show, and for his scientific contributions he has received early career awards from the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the Social Personality Health Network, and the American Psychosomatic Society.
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Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)
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Capitole

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Why has wellbeing been such a central focus of your work? (00:05:39)

3. You wrote an article in Scientific American called ‘Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive’. Can you tell us about that? (00:08:40)

4. Are you finding that as our lives get more comfortable that it’s becoming harder to cope with stress and difficult situations? (00:14:58)

5. Can you tell us about your research where you recruited stressed adults and gave them mindfulness and meditation training programmes without training and equanimity and with? (00:17:48)

6. Tell us about your app Equa (00:27:29)

7. What’s going on when you train individuals to deal with discomfort? (00:31:44)

8. Can we talk about sleep? (00:35:14)

9. From a performance perspective, you’ve conducted studies in decision making and learning related to wellbeing. What have you done and learnt in those areas? (00:41:00)

10. What are the biggest factors that are undermining people’s wellbeing and what can leaders look out for in people within their care (and their own self care)? (00:43:19)

11. What advice would you give someone who is struggling with mindfulness and meditation techniques? (00:50:00)