917: Training Your Mind For Better Focus, Energy, and Willpower with Oren Jay Sofer
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Oren Jay Sofer shares how to engage contemplative practices to improve your focus, energy, and quality of life. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1. The five-item list that will help you focus better. 

2. How to be unstoppable in the face of procrastination. 

3. The three-second trick for boosting energy. 

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— ABOUT OREN — 

Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Oren is also the author of several books, including the best-seller *Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication *and his latest book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices toMeet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. His teaching has reached people around the world through his online communication courses and guided meditations. A husband and a father, Oren lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys cooking, spending time in nature, and home woodworking projects. 

• Book: Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love) 

• Website: OrenJaySofer.com) 

• Previous episode: 292: Enhancing Work and Life through Mindfulness with Oren Jay Sofer) 

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