The Science of Training Your Attention | Dr. Amishi Jha

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<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>How to stay focused, fight distraction, and function at your peak.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><a href="https://amishi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank">Dr. Amishi Jha</a> is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. Dr Jha is the author of the national bestseller, <a href="https://amishi.com/books/peak-mind#order" rel= "noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Peak Mind</em></a>. </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <p><br /></p> <ul> <li>What peak mind is</li> <li>Why meta awareness is important to practice and achieve peak mind</li> <li>The suite of mindfulness-based attention training practices</li> <li>Why humans developed attention in the first place</li> <li>Using the flashlight and floodlight metaphors to help us understand different types of attention</li> <li>The mental pushup for attention: focus, notice, and redirect</li> <li>The attention benefits for high stress populations who engage in contemplatives practices</li> <li>Multitasking vs. monotasking</li> <li>The real life and death consequences of confirmation bias</li> <li>Part of the reason why we may be experiencing a crisis of attention </li> <li>Giving our mind the freedom to choose where it goes next</li> </ul> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Related Episodes:</strong></p> <p><br /></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/johann-hari-439" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari</a></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3QtGRqJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Follow Dan on social:</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>TikTok</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Ten Percent Happier online</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/46TZglY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>bookstore</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Subscribe to our</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>YouTube Channel</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Our favorite playlists on:</strong> <a href= "https://spoti.fi/3Qa8kMT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>Anxiety</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href= "https://spoti.fi/3MjtMxF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>Sleep</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href= "https://spoti.fi/3QvyA5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank"><strong>Relationships</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://spoti.fi/3QxZASc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Most Popular Episodes</strong></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Full Shownotes:</strong> <a href= "https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/amishi-jha-rerun-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank">https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/amishi-jha-rerun-2023</a></p> <p><br /></p>