3123: Making Time by Emma Scheib with NoSidebar on How to Improve Mindfulness

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3123: Emma Scheib shares how shifting her relationship with time transformed her daily life from chaotic to calm. By embracing single-tasking, overestimating how long tasks take, and practicing mindful noticing, she shows how perception can stretch time and create a greater sense of ease and presence. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://nosidebar.com/making-time/ Quotes to ponder: “I couldn’t do the impossible, and add more minutes into my day, but I could slow down the time I had been given.” “Rather than rushing through each task on autopilot, I found that if I paid closer attention to what I was doing, time seemed to go a little slower.” “Neuroscientist David Eagleman has called time a ‘rubbery thing’, stating; ‘It stretches out when you really turn your brain resources on, and when you say, ‘Oh, I got this, everything is as expected,’ it shrinks up.’” Episode references: The Brain: The Story of You: https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Story-You-David-Eagleman/dp/1101870532 Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain: https://www.amazon.com/Incognito-Secret-Lives-David-Eagleman/dp/0307389928 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices