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Ten Mindful Minutes
Attention is the new luxury good—rare, valuable, frequently stolen. Reclaim it with deliberate pauses.
Seth Thomas
June 08, 2025
The present moment is the only time any of us have to be alive, to know anything, to learn, to feel, to change. — Andy Puddicombe
Good Morning. Mindfulness isn’t about silencing thought; it’s about noticing thought without obeying it. That witness perspective interrupts autopilot loops driving stress.
MRI studies show that eight weeks of daily mindfulness thickens the prefrontal cortex—the region governing executive function. Translation: calm is structural, not just aspirational.
The practice scales down to micro‑doses. Ten intentional breaths between meetings can reset an entire afternoon’s trajectory.
Today’s Challenge
Set a phone reminder titled “Just 10 Breaths” and honor it once.
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Book of the Week
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