Struggling to focus? There are so many distractions these days, and it’s hard to know how to sit down and do deep work. Without an intentional plan, you may get to the end of the day and realise you didn’t actually do what you should have done, and you end up feeling frustrated and defeated.

Doing meaningful work is satisfying and important, and in this episode you’ll learn exactly how to focus your attention so that you can work at your best. I explain a two-part framework of how the attention system actually works, and then cover EIGHT strategies and tips that will help you focus based on this attentional framework.

Scientific articles for further reference:

Basu, S., & Banerjee, B. (2023). Potential of binaural beats intervention for improving memory and attention: insights from meta-analysis and systematic review. Psychological Research, 87(4), 951-963.

Beck, M. R., Trenchard, M., Van Lamsweerde, A., Goldstein, R. R., & Lohrenz, M. (2012, September). Searching in clutter: Visual attention strategies of expert pilots. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting (Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1411-1415). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.

Katsuki, F., & Constantinidis, C. (2014). Bottom-up and top-down attention: different processes and overlapping neural systems. The Neuroscientist, 20(5), 509-521.

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Have you ever felt so overwhelmed, like your brain is totally full and you just can’t think straight?! In this episode, I’m going to show you five tips on how to support your brain so that you can kick stress to the curb.

Your working memory is a really important cognitive skill, and I explain what it is, how it works, and exactly what you can do today to start reducing the load on your mind so that you can feel more at ease.

Relevant research articles:

Baddeley, A. (1992). Working memory. Science, 255(5044), 556-559.
D'Esposito, M., & Postle, B. R. (2015). The cognitive neuroscience of working memory. Annual review of psychology, 66(1), 115-142.
Klabes, J., Babilon, S., Zandi, B., & Khanh, T. Q. (2021). The sternberg paradigm: Correcting encoding latencies in visual and auditory test designs. Vision, 5(2), 21.
Nückles, M., Roelle, J., Glogger-Frey, I., Waldeyer, J., & Renkl, A. (2020). The self-regulation-view in writing-to-learn: Using journal writing to optimize cognitive load in self-regulated learning. Educational Psychology Review, 32(4), 1089-1126.
Sternberg, S. (1966). High-speed scanning in human memory. science, 153(3736), 652-654.

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I have had some pretty major changes in my life, and it’s only been in the last 7 years or so that I’ve really intentionally decided what I want from my life, and took small regular actions to get there.

This is my story on what I went through when my marriage ended, and how I changed my career from neuropsychologist to graphic designer and life coach.

I also discuss four lessons that I’m working on at the moment in my personal development.

Listen to this episode to be inspired to dream big and make your own changes to your life, and get to know me a little more.

P.S.! The book I mention in the episode by Kristina Karlsson is actually called Your Dream Life Starts Here - oops!

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