Dr. Sara Lazar: How Mindfulness Changes Pain And Fear Responses

Pain is inevitable, but the brain’s “this is unbearable” reaction is more flexible than most of us realize. Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Sara Lazar joins us to unpack the neural correlates of equanimity and to answer a question many meditators quietly carry: does mindfulness meditation actually protect us from pain and fear, or does it just change the story we tell ourselves? We dig into what equanimity really means, why it is not indifference, and how an open heart can coexist with...