Episode 61: How to Control Your Wandering Mind with Jamie Kreiner

Jamie Kreiner is a historian of the early Middle Ages and Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Her most recent book — The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction (Liveright, 2023) — explores early Christian monks' frustrations with distraction and their inventive and sometimes contentious efforts to make themselves concentrate. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF: You struggle with distractions You want to learn how Medieval Monks mastered their mind You love learning from history You long for a simpler time when there were fewer distractions You’re curious about what we can learn from leaders who lived during the Middle Ages