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Improve Your Focus: The Art of Managing Your Attention featuring Tara from Open

She's So Lucky

She's So Lucky

Balancedblackgirl, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedles, Business, Entrepreneurship, Lesalfred, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

It seems like there’s always something new to distract us and keep our attention spans ever-shrinking. So today, we’re wrapping up our Reframing the Reset series by talking with Dr. Tara Zinnamon about de-commoditizing our attention spans to regain agency and awareness of where our attention is going.

Dr. Tara Zinnamon is a neuroscientist, yoga, breathwork, and meditation teacher who has a unique perspective as she balances her knowledge of neuroscience and yoga in her personal and teaching practices. If you can’t visit her studio, you can find her classes on Open where she hosts a range of yoga classes.

We Also Talk About…

  • The four types of attention
  • The damage overworking and overextending ourselves can do to our attention
  • Capitalism’s impact on our ability to focus on ourselves
  • Leaning into adjustable practices and goals that flow with your phases of life
  • Why we start the year in January (hint: like most things, it’s made up)
  • The benefits of even just a few minutes of meditation and breath work
  • Being “woo” adjacent


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0:00.0

Do you have a hard time focusing? Do you feel like you want to give your attention to things

0:11.7

that will move you forward or help you reach your goals but you find yourself getting

0:15.3

distracted? If so, today's episode is for you, my friend. Welcome to Balanced Black Girl. My name

0:21.7

is Les. I'm your host and this show is all about getting our lives together together.

0:26.4

And today we're wrapping up our reframing The Reset series, which was our theme this month

0:31.1

where we focused on the various ways we can hit the reset button in our lives. We've covered

0:36.0

everything from habits to digital self-care, exercise and nutrition, reframing our relationship

0:41.3

with alcohol, and today we're talking about owning our focus. I'm going to start off by sharing

0:47.2

some advice for managing your attention and improving your focus, and later in the episode,

0:51.5

I'm going to be joined by Dr. Tara Cinnamon, neuroscientists, yogi and instructor on Open,

0:57.2

which is my favorite meditation app. Your attention is an incredibly valuable resource,

1:03.6

and what you pay attention to can shape your reality. And when I say your attention is valuable,

1:09.3

I mean that figuratively and literally. Of course, what you focus on can impact how you feel and

1:15.4

behave, but your attention can also have monetary value. The advertising industry is worth

1:21.6

$500 billion, billion with a B globally, which is a lot of resources designed to get your attention

1:31.6

and convince you to buy things. Between companies looking to sell to you, industries

1:36.8

conditioning you to see their offerings as a need, content creators looking to influence you,

1:42.0

and the events and responsibilities of your daily life and just the world at large,

1:46.8

there's a lot of things buying for your attention at once, and it's no wonder so many of us feel

1:52.3

overwhelmed. And for me, what feels the worst is what I feel like I'm directing my attention in

1:57.7

places that don't align with my values, what I want, or what is important for me. So though there

2:04.5

are a lot of things looking to get a piece of our attention, we aren't helpless here. To an extent,

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