How Mindfulness Rewires Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy | Dr. Shauna Shapiro

Shauna Shapiro, PhD is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She is a professor at Santa Clara University and has published over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books, translated into 16 languages. Her latest book, Good Morning I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity + Joy was released in January of 2020. Shauna has presented her research to the King of Thailand, the Danish Government, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Summit, and the World Council for Psychotherapy, as well as to Fortune 100 Companies including Google, Cisco Systems and LinkedIn. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Wired, USA Today, Dr. Oz, the Huffington Post, and the American Psychologist. Shauna is a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, co-founded by the Dalai Lama. Her TEDx Talk, The Power of Mindfulness, has been viewed over 1.5 million times. For more on Shauna visit www.drshaunashapiro.com

In this episode Shauna shares:

• How meditation helped her during one of the darkest times in her life
• Insights into her own personal mindfulness practice, including benefits she has experienced from meditating
• Tips for getting started with a daily mindfulness practice
• The IAA (Intention, Attention, Attitude) framework for practicing mindfulness
• A simple equation for reducing suffering in our lives
• How, and why, she let go of perfectionism and embraced self-compassion in her own life
• How mindfulness and self-compassion practices can change your brain for greater calm, clarity, and joy
• Why shame and self-criticism are poor strategies when it comes to achievement

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