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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Michael uncovers the secret of mindfulness - how just a short mindful meditation a day can enhance your mood, your immune system and your brain. Our willing volunteer Peter has a go at ten days of daily mindfulness practice, and Dr Sara Lazar from Harvard University expertly guides Michael through the mechanisms by which meditation can train your attention, improve working memory, and even rewire your response to physical pain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds.

0:02.0

Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.

0:06.0

But you sit down and be bright.

0:08.0

Celebrating women's voices.

0:10.0

You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.

0:14.8

This is juicy. No limits, no limits.

0:17.2

Celebrating women.

0:18.8

Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out

0:24.4

where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.

0:28.8

Lesson on BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

0:42.0

That was good. We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're bombarded with often conflicting advice.

0:51.0

So if you were going to do just one thing to improve your mental and physical

0:56.8

well-being, what should it be? Maybe some beetroot to boost your workout, meditation to improve your immune system. Or how about a bit of

1:07.0

dancing to big up your brain power? I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode we'll explore one thing

1:16.6

you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect.

1:23.0

That was good. I've been pressing pause on a busy day. Taking 10 minutes to do something

1:37.6

that's been proven to improve sleep and memory, reduce pain and stress and boost my mood. I'm certainly in a very mellow

1:45.8

mood right now. I've been practicing mindfulness, also known as mindful meditation, and though it is something which has become

1:54.8

super fashionable in recent years it is based on some very ancient ideas and some

2:00.7

surprising science.

2:06.0

Meditation can have a remarkable effect on the brain. Done regularly, it can improve working memory

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