Featured Guest: Salina Bambic, Mindfulness Expert

In this episode, we sit down with mindfulness coach Salina Bambic to discuss the challenges of maintaining focus and motivation in today’s distracted world. Covered in the conversation is examining what motivation and focus mean and why they’re harder to sustain today. Salina shares her insights on how the landscape of distraction has evolved and explains specific ways mindfulness can help us adapt to constant digital interruptions.
To interrupt our own distraction we explore the psychological foundations of sustainable motivation, and its role and purpose in maintaining drive. Salina brings to focus; common challenges people face in staying motivated and provides strategies for overcoming burnout and mental fatigue while connecting personal values to both professional and personal goals.
We break down mindfulness and personalized mindfulness practices that enhance focus and productivity, stress management for high-pressure environments and the role of nutrition, sleep, and exercise as foundations of mental performance.Takeaway: Salina shares a simple daily mindfulness exercise listeners can use to improve their focus.

In preparation for listening: Have a journal ready for note-taking and to approach the conversation with openness to trying new techniques.

Connect with Salina:
Website:

https://coreconnectionteletherapy.com

Youtube:

Core Connection Counseling

@coreconnectioncounseling

Instagram:

@coreconnectcounselingResources shared by Salina in our conversation:

Dr. Kristen Neff:

(Researcher on the benefits of Self-Compassion)

https://self-compassion.org/

Dr. Carol Dweck's work:

(Psychology Professor at Stanford and Researcher)

She talks about the benefits of the growth mindset can have on motivation and performance).

https://www.mindsetworks.com/science/