What's good, this is Rich and you're listening to the Mental Wealth Show, where it's all

about health, wellness, and healing for mid-career professionals.

And on today's episode, I'm chatting with the author of Indistractable How to Control

Your Attention and Choose Your Life Near E.L.

Now I got a bit of a confession here.

We had this conversation a year ago and I never got around to releasing it partially

because I was in the midst of my own identity war.

So I may sound a little different and some of the references during the conversation may

reflect 2022 themes.

But more importantly, we chop it up about how distraction is really about avoiding the

uncomfortable, how to turn your values into time, into the episode name, how behavior change

facilitates identity change, go figure, the tyranny of the to-do list.

Now, there's really something divine about the timing of these conversations.

I feel like I recorded this a year ago because I needed it today and I've said on the show

in the past that I feel like I've talked to guests right when I needed the message that

they were sharing with you.

And not just for the content with this one today, but it's also a reminder of the progress

because this was the first episode where I think I started calling myself an athlete and

look at what's happened since then.

But for forgetting into the conversation with Nier, another reminder that may is mental

health awareness month and I'm available to speak to your company, organization, or

employee resource groups slash ERG about how mental health and well-being translate to

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