How to Change Your Brain With Mindfulness, With Daniel Goleman (RECAST)
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🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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In this episode we’re talking about meditation and the lasting effects it can have on our minds and bodies. Joining us is Daniel Goleman, co-author of the book “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.” Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and science journalist known for his numerous books on emotional intelligence, including the bestselling book “Emotional Intelligence.” In the book “Altered Traits,” he and his co-author Richard Davidson waded through the thousands of studies that have been published on mindfulness, and identified what data we should pay attention to, and what we should ignore as hype. They also reveal the latest results from Davidson’s own lab: data that point to what the future of mind-training methods should be.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Upgrade listeners. We've been really through it this past week. Have we not? It's been a long few days. |
| 0:08.1 | So we thought it would be helpful to recast an episode that can help us all calm down a little bit. |
| 0:14.4 | So we're bringing you one that was first broadcast in 2017 called How to Change Your Brain with Mindfulness, with psychologist and science journalist |
| 0:23.6 | Daniel Goldman. So take a deep breath and enjoy. |
| 0:47.1 | Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at lifehacker.com, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 0:49.7 | I'm Alice Bradley, Deputy Editor of LifeHacker. |
| 0:52.4 | And I'm Virginia Smith, LifeHackers Managing Editor. |
| 0:55.3 | For you, regular listeners, Melissa is out this week. |
| 1:00.5 | Today, we're talking about meditation and the lasting effects it can have on our minds and bodies. |
| 1:04.9 | Joining us is Daniel Goldman, co-author of the book, Altered Traits. |
| 1:09.6 | Science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body. |
| 1:15.6 | Daniel Goldman is a psychologist who for many years reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for the New York Times. He's best known for his numerous books on emotional intelligence, including, well, the best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence. |
| 1:21.6 | In the book Altered Traits, he and his co-author Richard Davidson have waded through the thousands of studies that have been published on mindfulness and identified what data we should pay attention to and what we should ignore as hype. |
| 1:33.5 | They also reveal the latest results from Davidson's own lab, data that point to what the future of mind training methods should be. |
| 1:40.4 | Dan, thanks for being here. |
| 1:41.6 | Oh, I'm really happy to be here, Alice, and Virginia. It's a pleasure. |
| 1:45.4 | So let's just start out with simple stuff. |
| 1:48.2 | Tell us what mindfulness is. |
| 1:50.6 | The simple definition of mindfulness is bringing awareness to the moment on purpose, without judgment, without reaction, but simply registering what's here right now. |
| 2:04.7 | So, like, not what I'm doing right now, because I'm thinking of, like, the next question I have to ask you? |
| 2:09.0 | So let's say you're doing mindfulness of your breath. |
| 2:12.2 | Yeah. |
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