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Optimize Your Attention:
How to Find Your Focus in a Distraction-Filled World

August 2025

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“Try asking yourself in this moment-
“Am I awake?,” “Where is my mind right now?”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Supplementary Resources

Optimize Your Attention Workshop Slides

Guided Meditations

Book Recommendations

Book cover of "Peak Mind" by Amishi P. Jha, PhD. The cover features bold red text on a white background with a subtle gray radial pattern. Includes a testimonial from Daniel Goleman and emphasizes improving focus by investing 12 minutes a day.
Insight Timer app icon with a gold singing bowl on a black background.
Book cover of 'Wherever You Go, There You Are' by Jon Kabat-Zinn, featuring a desert sand background and green text blocks with the title and author's name.
Book cover for 'Altered Traits' by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson, with subtitle 'Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.'
Cover of "Meditation for Beginners" by Jack Kornfield featuring a calm Buddha statue image and a quote from Tricycle magazine.
Book cover titled 'Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life' by Gloria Mark, with a quote from The Times.

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