Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

self-Berman into a shot glass because let's face it who's got that much time

these days. I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose. If you're looking for more

of a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place.

According to the Harvard Business Review, Mindfulness, the practice of non-judgmental present moment

awareness living in the here now changes the brain and this is so important. One of the reasons why I

struggle with mindfulness and meditation is because I'm someone who likes instant gratification because I'm a total child and

the thing about mindfulness is you don't see instant gratification right your or

meditation you don't see the results right away. It's kind of a

gradual slow burn appealing of, right? It's a changing, almost like a seasonal change that happens internally

but when you realize and understand that it actually changes the brain that then

can definitely motivate you, right?

And so it changes, so neuroscientists have also shown that practicing mindfulness affects the brain like related to

perception body awareness pain tolerance emotional regulation introspection

complex thinking and sense of self.

And so this is why, this is what's really important about this, right?

Like this idea of the science behind mindfulness.

Because if you don't realize that there's change happening,

you're not going to be motivated to continue.

And if you don't feel something instant,

you know, because we're a culture so addicted to instant gratification

then you start to not believe in it so there is proof and you go Google this

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