04/29/2026
Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos found that one of the biggest obstacles to well-being is not where we are — it’s where our mind is.
We live in a world engineered for distraction.
That cost is palpable every single day but it doesn’t need to be that way. Every notification, every scroll, every alert…
We are missing dinner conversations because we are mentally still at work. We are missing our kids growing up because we are planning tomorrow. We are not enjoying what we are doing because we are already thinking about what comes next.
Being present is a skill. Here are two ways how to start building it:
Engage in what you are doing. Remove physical distractions. Practice awareness where your mind is at and bring it back to where you are now.
Slow down enough to enjoy the moment you earned. You’ve worked for it... now be there for it.
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