Lost on the road to enlightenment

So many of us have been told that meditation can make us less stressed, more productive, and happier. But for a small group of people, it has a dark side. What’s going on?

Guests: Willoughby Britton (vivo.brown.edu/display/wbritton), associate professor at Brown University; Richard Davidson (psychiatry.wisc.edu/staff/davidson-richard), professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Pierce Salguero (abington.psu.edu/person/pierce-salguero), professor at the Abington College of Pennsylvania State University

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