BITESIZE | How to Train Your Attention and Improve Your Life | Dr Amishi Jha #341

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

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By harnessing the power of our attention, we can better meet life’s demands. Our ability to focus and pay attention plays a crucial role in every aspect of our life - at work, at leisure and in our relationships. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 218 of the podcast with Dr Amishi Jha - a neuroscientist and a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. Research shows that most of us are missing up to 50% of our lives through distraction and, in this clip, she explains how we can train our attention to improve our lives. Thanks to our sponsor http://www.athleticgreens.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/218 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:57.8	Today's clip is from episode 218 of the podcast with Dr. Amishi Jha, a neuroscientist and a professor
1:05.7	of psychology at the University of Miami. Research shows that most of us are missing up to 50% of our lives through distraction.
1:15.4	And in this clip, she explains how we can train our attention to improve the quality of our lives.
1:25.6	The more I think about attention, the more I think it's hard to make the case that all of us
1:32.0	shouldn't be practicing, developing, training this skill. This is not just about performing well.
1:39.9	This actually has implications for the entirety of our lives, for our relationships with our
1:46.3	partners, with our children, for our leisure activities, whatever it is, right? We need attention,
1:52.3	don't we? 50% of our waking moments, we're in this distracted haze of not being in the moment.
1:58.7	And in some sense, paying attention to what is happening right now,
2:03.8	it brings back more of the moments of our lives because we're here for them instead of being
2:09.8	lost in thought. If we're not paying attention, we are not going to succeed at things that require
2:15.5	it. And that's basically everything. Our attention in some
2:18.5	sense is the fuel for our ability to think, just carry a line of thought with continuity,
2:24.5	for our ability to, and this surprises, it surprised me when I first learned it. It's a fuel for
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