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Amishi Jha - Attention, Mind Wandering, and Stress

Mind & Life

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How Did You Become Interested in Meditation?

When i was in my first couple of years of being an assistant professor, this was while i was at the university of pennsylvania, i experienced a big moment of burnout and overwhelm. My wake up call was having to give a lecture at a faculty retreat and not being able to actually feel my teeth. I remember going to the dentist, thinking it was some kind of dental problem, and he said, oh, no, no, you just, you're very stressed. Just have a couple glasses of wine, you'll be fine. Kind of like, that's not a sustainable solution, right? So i was starting to realize that, yes, you know, this is something real

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