Ep. 18 - Finding Peace in the Present, Part 2

Barb Knows Best

Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In a follow up from last week’s episode about being present, Barb and Michelle dive into the habits that tend to take us out of the present moment, and what we can start to do today, to bring us where our feet are. Remembering that the present moment is where you have all your power.

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Episode Notes:

Studies show 85% of the things we worry about do not happen, and the 15% of the things that do happen, we handle better than we thought we would.

Common life instances that keep us from being mindful and in the present:

Worry and anxiety
Boredom and restlessness
Impatience

If you are feeling these feelings, take a moment to pause and see where your feet are.

Remember the good that comes from tapping into the new patterns of being more focused and mindful.

Some of the benefits that come from being present and focused are:

Having more productive action.
Being able to recognize the tiny joys.
More confidence
More energy

Resources Mentioned in Today’s Podcast:

A Wandering Mind Not a Happy Mind – https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello. Hello everyone and welcome back to Barb knows best the podcast. I'm Michelle
0:19.6	Marros your co-host and I'm here with my mom Barb Schmidt peaceful Barb.
0:25.0	Hi good morning good morning how are you doing I'm great I am very good.
0:30.0	So this week we're going to do a little part two of what we discussed last week of being
0:38.6	in the present moment, which I'm excited about because it feels like that's always just it life always
0:49.4	comes down to that
0:55.0	that of being present, doing one thing at a time.
0:56.0	And I know we left last week's episode.
0:59.0	If you haven't listened to last week's episode,
1:00.0	first of all, maybe go back and listen.
1:02.0	But it, we left last week's episode with a
1:04.7	little challenge so how's that going for you of what we can one little thing in
1:10.8	our lives that we can start to do to be totally present to.
1:17.0	Yeah, because these two episodes are coexisting together actually and trying to really understand this whole big idea of living in the present moment which we're talking a lot about via we do that by being focused and with our attention and focusing on one point or one thing at a time and not buying into the myth that we could actually multitask that the mind actually has the ability to be able to do that because it
1:45.3	actually studies have said we can't because we are dividing our mind and so today I'm
1:49.2	really excited to talk about what takes us out of the present moment, what keeps us from being focused on the one thing that we're doing.
1:58.0	And I think we'll talk a lot today about what happens when we do divide our attention and we are
2:04.3	trying to do so many things at one time because usually it's not trying to do two
2:07.4	things at one time I think usually it's trying to do many things at one time
2:11.0	we think we've got a rush around and do many things at one time. We think we've got to rush around and do many things at one time.
2:14.0	And I think the thing that I'd like to start off with by saying is that, you know, when the mind is scattered like that,
2:21.0	when the mind is scattered like that, it cannot be effective. It cannot be
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