Episode 123: Neuropsychologist and PEAK MIND Author, Dr. Amish Jha

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m so glad you’ve joined me for a truly fascinating conversation with Dr. Amishi Jha. Dr. Jha</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami where she serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jha</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jha’s work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and The Pentagon. She has received coverage in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, NPR,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">TIME</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Forbes</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her book,</span> <a href= "https://amishi.com/#preorder"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PEAK MiND: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, covers the crisis of attention, how to tap into the brain’s attention system for peak performance, how to combat our addiction to thinking, and how to develop “mental armor” against anxiety, distraction, and bias.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>I loved my conversation with Dr. Jha and while there is so much to take away from what she shared, here are some of my favorite highlights:</strong></p> <div style="margin-left: 2em"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Want to improve the way you are or how you do something? Learn to focus on the granular components of the outcome you want and with time, you’ll will yourself to achieve it;</span></li