Hey there, welcome to Going Scared. I'm Jessica Hanager, founder of the World Changing

Brand New Day Collection, and I'm so glad to have you here for today's conversation.

Our Going Scared community gathers here every week for direct and honest conversations

that help you live a light of courage by leaving comfort and going scared. We are in the

middle of our Habits for Highly Hesitant Habit Keepers series, and I'm curious what habits

have you started during this series? Which habits have you reconnected to? Which habits

have you just patted yourself in the back because you just had them all along? For me, I've

always been a bedmaker always, and then with the pandemic hit, and suddenly I'm working

from home a lot. My schedule went out the window. It's not making my bed. So thanks to

this series, I've committed to making my bed. I've had a drinking water habit since

last August, and I am keeping up with that habit, and I've started to regularly go through

my piles every week. These are just a few of the habits that I have recommitted to.

Today, we are talking about a cornerstone habit. A cornerstone habit is a habit that you

have that actually has a halo effect on all of your other habits. And the habit we are talking

about today is the habit of our attention. Where are you putting your focus? Where is your mind?

Because where your thoughts go is what is going to grow. And I was so excited about today's guest

because she has been on Dax Shepard pod's pass. She's been on all sorts of national network

TV, really expert in what can we learn to pay attention to? Dr. Amishi Shaw. Dr. Amishi Shaw

is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami, and she serves as the Director of

Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative. She co-founded

in 2010. She received her PhD from the University of California Davis in postdoctoral training

at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University. Her most recent book,

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