Dr. Amishi Jha

Can I say something about that?

Please.

So one of the things that I want to say just at the outset is that

This notion of holding our attention can give us that sense of agency, which is really, really powerful.

But I would like you to just consider expanding what it means to hold.

Kind of like the way we think about maybe holding our child.

That there's a holding that is an aspect of, you know, you're going to support and control in some ways, just like we would when we parent.

But there's also just a letting it be there and observing it.

And as we talk through the various types of attention, we'll realize that holding can mean all of those things.

It can mean directing it.

It can mean acknowledging it.

It can mean checking in with it without doing anything differently.

And as we expand the repertoire of how we hold our attention, we can develop that sense of friendliness and self-supportive orientation toward our own mind.

Right.

So attention is an incredibly powerful brain system.

That's the first thing.

We already know that.

It's a brain system.

It is.

And it doesn't actually fully develop until we're about 25 years old.