Mindful Momentum’s unique curriculum, created by Dr. Maria Hunt, is the result of 35-years of experience, integrating cognitive, behavioral, and psychological science. For seven years, Professor Hunt effectively applied her program in a variety of organizational settings, including corporate, non-profit, high school and university education, healthcare, and support groups for patients who live with chronic illness and their caregivers. Not only was Dr. Hunt’s curriculum successful, the data from more than 1000 participants on a variety of cognitive, emotional, and biometric improvements were compelling. Our curriculum incorporates brief micro-practices that easily adapt to a modern life-style, while keeping people motivated, moving forward with purpose.

The curriculum has been, and continues to be, influenced by more than 60 researchers whose work spans decades. Informed by researchers in meditation-centric practices, such as Jon Kabat-Zin, the Mindful Momentum approach also synthesizes other research on aspects of mindfulness that may lead to greater awareness, attention, attitude, intention, and meaning in life. Dr. Hunt corresponded personally with many of these researchers to better understand and apply their work in various areas, including aspects of thinking and emotion regulation skills, as well as motivation and behavior change. Micro-practices in these areas contribute to mindful resilience and adaptive capacities for individuals and organizations.

A sampling of these researchers includes Kirk Warren Brown, Ellen Langer, Richard Ryan, Edward Deci, Peter Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen, Ronald Siegel, Guy Claxton, Jin Fan, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Richard Davidson, Sara Lazar, Rick Snyder, Shane Lopez, Martin Seligman, Lisa Feldman-Barrett, Laura King, Marsha Linehan, Thich Nhat Hanh and one of his teachers, Chu Chan-Huy. Contemporary researchers, such as Amishi Jha, Kristen Neff, and Susan Davids, continue to inform and support many aspects of the Mindful Momentum program and strengthen our work with our community of certified instructors. We continually look at neuroscience research for ways to explain how mindfulness micro-practices benefit individuals and organizations.