Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Your life isn’t just shaped by what happens to you. It’s shaped by how you pay attention.

In this clip from the FitMind Podcast, psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist explains how the brain uses two fundamentally different modes of attention. One is narrow, focused, and goal-driven. The other is open, aware, and connected.
When one dominates, we don’t just think differently. We experience a completely different reality.

This conversation explores:
- The two types of attention that shape your world
- Why modern life pulls us into a narrow, fragmented mindset
- How meaning, awe, and connection begin to disappear
- What happens when we rebalance the way we see

This isn’t just theory. It’s something you can notice directly in your own experience.

🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Cm1p0oGOuYs
📘 Preorder Fit Mind: fitmind.org/book

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FitMind is a mental fitness nonprofit that aims to make science-based meditation accessible to all.

Website: fitmind.org
App: bit.ly/fitmindtraining
Podcast: fitmind.org/podcast
Book: fitmind.org/book