The Mind & Heart Institute

Bridging Science and Practice to Cultivate Presence, Care, and Clarity

Learning Pathways for Presence, Care, and Clarity

The Mind & Heart Institute offers science-based courses and trainings that integrate psychology and neuroscience, contemplative practice, and real-world application. Founded by Jordan Quaglia, PhD, the institute explores how presence, care, and clarity can transform the way we live and relate. Our offerings draw from contemplative science and lived experience to bridge understanding and practice in meaningful, accessible ways.

The first program—Healthy Boundaries from the Inside Out: The Science and Practice of Mindful Boundaries—launches in 2026.

Healthy Boundaries from the Inside Out

This foundational course supports helping professionals, caregivers, and anyone seeking to cultivate boundaries that both protect and connect. It offers a blend of core teachings and practices, applied insights, and practical resources—all designed to support meaningful, lasting change.

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  • Meet Your Course Instructors

  • What You’ll Gain

  • Course Outline

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    Meet Your Instructors

    Drawing on decades of boundary research, clinical wisdom, and contemplative practice, Dr. Quaglia and Dr. Cigrand offer a uniquely transformative approach that helps you build boundaries from the inside out—with clarity, courage, and care.

    • Associate Professor of Psychology and Research Director, Naropa University; Director, Cognitive & Affective Science Laboratory; Author, From Self-Care to We-Care

    • Core Assistant Professor, Naropa University; Educator; Researcher; Mental Health Counselor; Content Expert, the Awake Network

    What You’ll Gain

    This course is built around The Mindful Boundaries Method, a practical and science-based approach developed by Dr. Jordan Quaglia through decades of research, teaching, and lived experience—including key insights from his book From Self-Care to We-Care.

    Clarity from the Inside Out

    • A practical, science-based framework for understanding and creating boundaries that are both protective and connective.

    • A new relationship to boundaries that centers care and compassion—for yourself and others.

    • Research-backed insights into why boundaries are essential and how to make them more effective.

    Confident, Effective Communication

    • Tools to navigate common inner barriers like guilt, fear, or people-pleasing that can arise when setting boundaries.

    • Practice templates and scripts to help you express boundaries clearly and authentically, even in tough moments.

    • Step-by-step guidance for responding to real-life boundary challenges, whether in work, family, or friendships.

    Sustainable Support & Growth

    • A deeper alignment with your values and a boundary practice that reflects you, woven into the fabric of your everyday life.

    • Ongoing resources and practices to revisit as life situations evolve—because healthy boundaries grow with you.

    • Connection with a growing movement of people rethinking boundaries not as walls, but as ways of cultivating deeper, healthier relationships.