Attention Reset: Why You Can’t Notice Life (And How to Start) with Margaret Renkl @katecbowler
Attention Reset: Why You Can’t Notice Life (And How to Start) with Margaret Renkl @katecbowler
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you feel like your days disappear into screens, errands, and mental noise, you’re not imagining it—you’re being trained to miss your own life.

Kate Bowler talks with writer and “backyard naturalist” Margaret Renkl about learning to notice again: birdsong, seasons, small beauty, and the slow practices that pull you back to what matters—without pretending the world isn’t also heartbreaking.
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Attention Reset: Why You Can’t Notice Life (And How to Start) with Margaret Renkl

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