Hello, and welcome to Under the Skin with me Russell Edward Francis Brandt, that's not my name

I spoke this week with doctor Amishia Dr. Amishia is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami and director of Contemplar

If neuroscience for the mindfulness research and practice initiative she studies mindfulness meditation and writes about the observable

Affection has on our brain boxes and our mind holds and our attention her book peak mind is out now you should get it

Jen did you enjoy that episode do you remember it? Yeah, yeah, mostly yep

That's your insight, is it what we've been doing this week? I've been doing some work last week

I like sleeping up there. It's really nice you'd like it

I'm not afraid it's really private so if someone even came in the studio no one would see me I'd be up there and

But if you're in the what circumstances you're describing where you're up there and someone comes in

I just say I sleep in past I'm really aware that but I don't sleep in because

Okay, someone comes in a colleague might come in and you'll be out there vulnerable

Yeah pajamas you don't really want to be in pajamas and you'll work off

So did you change up there to change down here? I changed down here

It's too lucky of there to change

You can't change in there no is there any dead flies up there? I don't know I don't really like her in

You're just guy up there in the dark and go straight to bed

Go up there and I put a sheet on the thing and bring up the duvet and the pillow

Put my phone on charge

Yeah

Have a little thing and then what do you mean a little thing

Think of all the things I want to think about before I go to my office

Tell me what I am

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