Mindfulness

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The brain is malleable. It can be trained otherwise, but it becomes we feel like our habits are who we are. This is noth nothing i've said as to do anything with thinking, or even any kind of specific mental content. But that's why we have research studies that we do to test that idea out. And what a lot of my work has been doing is not just that mindfulness training is a solution, but how d we make it so it's the most time efficient, minimum effective dose? Cause these are busy people, like all of usi don't have time just to go on a one month retreat or practice meditation forty five minutes a day.

Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University.

Dr. Jha's newest book is available now: Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day.