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Slack.com slash DHQ. All those kind of negative biases that we hold in our own minds can

actually become threatening for us and preoccupying for us as we try to maneuver in the world. And

the thing that we learned is that in the same way actual physical threat can take away

our attentional resources because it basically means a part of our mind is just dealing with

the fact that we are under threat. Well, that happens when our own mind creates the

threat as well. I'm on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, we are going to chase

down our goals. We've come at adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.

I'm ready for my close time. Hi and welcome back. I'm so excited for you to meet Dr. Amishi

Jha, Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, here in the 305. She serves as the

Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative

Holy Cup, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her PhD from the University of California

Davis and post-doctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University.

Dr. Jha's work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and the Pentagon.

She has received coverage in the New York Times, NPR, Times, Forbes, and more. Today, we are so

lucky to have you here with us, Dr. Jha. Thank you so much for being here.

Oh, it's great to be here. Please tell the Columbia, Amishi. I'm excited to have this conversation

with you. You're so normal. It's crazy. I just have to put that out there for everyone listening

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