The transmission

The Teachers

1,020 who carried the discovery — across Hermetic, Vedic, Sufi, mystic, scientific, and modern streams. Start with the essential few, or browse by family and tradition.

1,020 teachers  ·  42 traditions

Family

35 teachers

Albert Ellis
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Albert Ellis
Beliefs, not events, cause emotional disturbance
1913-2007
Aaron T. Beck
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Aaron T. Beck
Automatic thoughts and cognitive distortions
1921-2021
Albert Bandura
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Albert Bandura
Self-efficacy and reciprocal determinism
1925-2021
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Theodore X. Barber
Hypnosis as suggestion, not a special state
1927-2005
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow: optimal experience
1934-2021
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Herbert Benson
The relaxation response
1935-2022
Martin Seligman
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Martin Seligman
Learned optimism; the science of well-being
b. 1942
Irving Kirsch
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Irving Kirsch
Response expectancy
b. 1943
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Secular mindfulness as medicine
b. 1944
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Charles R. Snyder
Hope theory (goals, pathways, agency)
1944-2006
Robert Cialdini
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Robert Cialdini
The principles of influence
b. 1945
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Ed Diener
Subjective well-being as a measurable science
1946-2021
Carol Dweck
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Carol Dweck
Growth vs. fixed mindset
b. 1946
Daniel Goleman
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Daniel Goleman
Emotional intelligence
b. 1946
Ellen Langer
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Ellen Langer
Mindfulness; the psychology of possibility
1947-present
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Christopher Peterson
Character strengths and explanatory style
1950-2012
Richard Davidson
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Richard Davidson
Contemplative neuroscience; trained well-being
1951-present
Roy Baumeister
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Roy Baumeister
Willpower as a limited resource (ego depletion)
b. 1953
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Gabriele Oettingen
Mental contrasting; WOOP; the limits of positive fantasy
1953-present
Iain McGilchrist
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Iain McGilchrist
The two halves of the brain attend to the world in fundamentally different ways, and our civilization has hand…
1953–present
John Vervaeke
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
John Vervaeke
We are starving for meaning, and wisdom is the cultivated art of caring about the right things in the right wa…
c. 1961–present
BJ Fogg
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
BJ Fogg
Fogg Behavior Model (B=MAP) and Tiny Habits
1963-present
Jonathan Haidt
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Jonathan Haidt
The divided self and the conditions of happiness
b. 1963
Barbara Fredrickson
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Barbara Fredrickson
Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
b. 1964
Andrew Newberg
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Andrew Newberg
Brain imaging of meditation and prayer
b. 1966
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Sonja Lyubomirsky
The intentional-activity component of happiness
b. 1966
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Lisa Miller
The brain is built for transcendence, and an awakened, spiritually attuned mind is a measurably healthier one.
c. 1966–present
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Tal Ben-Shahar
Happiness as a teachable skill
b. 1970
Angela Duckworth
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Angela Duckworth
Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals
1970-present
Anil Seth
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Anil Seth
Predictive processing; 'controlled hallucination'
1972-present
Charles Duhigg
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Charles Duhigg
The habit loop (cue, routine, reward)
1974-present
Kelly McGonigal
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Kelly McGonigal
Stress and willpower as trainable, belief-sensitive capacities
b. 1977
Shawn Achor
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Shawn Achor
Happiness precedes and fuels success
b. 1978
James Clear
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
James Clear
Identity-based habits and 1% improvement
1986-present
Benjamin Hardy
Contemplative Science & the Psychology of Belief
Benjamin Hardy
Identity-based intentional change
b. 1991