64. Taking Charge of Your Attention
We’re working on “Attention” in this episode, the second aspect of deep listening and also a skill that boosts our curiosity. So, how do attention, listening, curiosity, and mental health relate? Well, they're all skills and areas of our wellbeing that can be improved with practice. Listen in for how to direct your attention and curiosity where you want it and in ways that enhance your mood, calm anxious thoughts, and that also support your superpower of deep listening (to yourself and others).
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- Joy Lab Program (step-by-step practices to help you build and maintain the elements of joy in your life)
- More of our Curiosity pods:
- Chemistry of Calm (Dr. Emmons' book referenced in this series)
- Dubliners by James Joyce
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Relationships between measures of I- and D-type curiosity, ambiguity tolerance, and need for closure: An initial test of the wanting-liking model of information-seeking. Find it here.
- The Role of Attentional Control in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Anxiety. Find it here.
- Neural mechanisms of attentional control in mindfulness meditation. Find it here.
- Attentional focus in endurance activity: new paradigms and future directions. Find it here.
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