Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

With your host, Pete McChitis.

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here

for episode 292 with Orange J. Sofer.

I discovered Orrin through the Simple Habit meditation app and I think he just has a little

extra wrinkle or fresh perspective on this meditation mindfulness stuff that just connects and resonates with me and I hope it resonates with you so you all learned one the top three evidence-based benefits of mindfulness practice to make you awesome at your job.

Two, how a one minute pause can make a huge difference and three, how to train your

brain for greater attention.

So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that we've referenced,

it's over at awesome at your job.com slash F292. Now here's orange story.

orange jay silver is senior program developer at Mindful Schools and founder of Next Step

Darma offering online courses on meditation and daily life.

He's a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, a certified trainer of nonviolent communication,

and a somatic experiencing

practitioner for healing trauma. His work has been featured on apps such as

10% happier and simple habit or and holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is author of Say What You Mean a mindful approach to nonviolent communication.

So thanks to Orrin for spending some time with us and thanks to our sponsors.

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Here is O'R'N.

Orr and welcome to the show.

Thanks so much, Pete.

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