Episode 140: Dr. Amishi Jha – Professor of Psychology – Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention and Mindfulness, and Author

Habits and Hustle

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4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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On today’s show we have Dr. Amishi Jha. She’s a professor of psychology at the University of Miami and serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative. Over the last 25 years, Dr. Jha has been researching the science of attention with elite athletes, the Military, and medical professionals. She’s the author of PEAK MIND – Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day. Some of the topics we cover include de-centering, the power of training attention, mindfulness, practices that help with training your mind to be less distracted and so much more. We do a deep dive on attention, and how it’s really a superpower you have the capacity for…one that you can unleash! Tune in! This episode is full of actionable tips. Youtube Link to This Episode Dr. Amishi’s Website Dr. Amishi’s Twitter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Did you learn something from tuning in today? Please pay it forward and write us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. 📧If you have feedback for the show, please email [email protected] 📙Get yourself a copy of Jennifer Cohen’s newest book from Habit Nest, Badass Body Goals Journal. ℹ️Habits & Hustle Website 📚Habit Nest Website 📱Follow Jennifer – Instagram – Facebook – Twitter – Jennifer’s Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.5	Today on the podcast, we have Dr. Amishi Jha, who is a neuroscientist, specializing in
0:47.1	the brain mechanisms of attention.
0:49.8	Dr. Amishi researches mindfulness techniques to optimize your focus, even under high stress.
0:57.0	She studies how we actually pay attention, the process by which our brain decides what's
1:01.8	important out of the constant stream of information it receives, both external distractions like
1:07.6	stress and internal ones, like mind wandering.
1:12.5	She did a TED talk called How to tame your wandering mind that went viral.
1:17.2	She is presented to everyone from the Dalai Lama, to the Pentagon, to NATO.
1:23.5	And she spent over the last 25 years of her life researching the science of attention through
1:30.1	extensive work with the US military, medical professionals, elite sports teams, and much
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