Don’t Let Your Heart Run Scared

About this episode

Judi Cohen discusses the impact of emotional responses on mental clarity and mindfulness.

I notice that far too often, I let my mind run wild. I don’t mean I’m completely undisciplined – I have a meditation practice and you probably do, too. So we’re not completely undisciplined. But I don’t know about you: when I look at the news, my mind tends to run wild. Looking more closely, though, I realize it’s not so much mind running wild, as heart running scared. I see or hear something, and my heart automatically runs. Or contracts. And the mind follows, and the wildness starts. ...

People in this episode

Host: Judi Cohen

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• emotional awareness
• mental health
• self-discipline
• news impact

Keywords

• mind running wild
• heart running scared
• meditation practice
• emotional response
• mental discipline

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