Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 6 Episode 27 of People Soup, it's Ross McIntosh here.

 This week., it's another cup-a-soup. A short episode which is in essence a debrief on the last two episodes where i talked about the human superpower of noticing and shared an exercise to enhance our skill of noticing, called a mindful meditation of body and breath.

I invited you to share your reflections after having a go at the exercise. This episode is a combination of those reflections, blended with typical reflections I receive when I share this exercise with adults in the workplace.

The feedback and reflections fall into three main categories. Let me share your reflections and my responses. You'll probably begin to notice a theme emerging.

• Relaxed and sleepy,
• mind wandering
• and sensations and emotions.

For those of you who are new to People Soup - welcome - it's great to have you here - I aim to provide you with ingredients for a better work life from behavioural science and beyond. For those of you who are regular P Soupers - thanks for tuning in - we love it that you're part of our community.

• Harvard Article - the wandering mind is not a happy mind

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Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 6 Episode 26 of People Soup, it's Ross McIntosh here.

 This week, it's a special bonus episode. In fact it's an extract from the previous episode. It's a practical, mindfulness meditation exercise which takes about 7.5 minutes. If you want to hear more about the background and introduction - have a listen to the previous episode, number 25. This episode is presented for those who might like to use the recording for a regular practice, with a minimal intro and no outro - it's a mindfulness meditation of body and breath - I hope it's useful.

For those of you who are new to People Soup - welcome - it's great to have you here - I aim to provide you with ingredients for a better work life from behavioural science and beyond. For those of you who are regular P Soupers - thanks for tuning in - we love it that you're part of our community.

• Harvard Article - the wandering mind is not a happy mind

Read about our Chisi Awards from #365daysofcompassion for Best Podcast

Leave a review as a WhatsApp voicenote on +0034696636487

Ross' new website

Our Podcast Website on CAPTIVATE

People Soup on Instagram which also features plenty of Ross' photos of the Andalusian life

And you can connect with Ross on LinkedIn

He's now also on Bluesky

Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 6 Episode 25 of People Soup, it's Ross McIntosh here.

 This week., it's another cup-a-soup. A short episode from me. I'm going to explore the human superpower of noticing. I'll talk about what we might be missing out on when we're stuck inside our own heads, and share an exercise that you might like to try, which, with practice, is designed to enhance our skill of noticing.

 Here's a question. How much of our waking hours do we spend on autopilot? I've asked this hundreds of times to groups of adults in the workplace, and people will typically come in with a high number, sometimes as high as 90%.

The actual figure from a study by some psychologists at Harvard was 46.9%. That means we can be mind wandering for almost half the day, perhaps not noticing what's going on around us. Now, this research also noticed that the wandering mind isn't always the happiest of minds.

For those of you who are new to People Soup - welcome - it's great to have you here - I aim to provide you with ingredients for a better work life from behavioural science and beyond. For those of you who are regular P Soupers - thanks for tuning in - we love it that you're part of our community.

There is a transcript for each episode. There is a caveat - this transcript is largely generated by Artificial Intelligence, I have corrected many errors but I won't have captured them all! You can also find the shownotes by clicking on notes then keep scrolling for all the useful links.

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• Harvard Article - the wandering mind is not a happy mind

Read about our Chisi Awards from #365daysofcompassion for Best Podcast

Leave a review as a WhatsApp voicenote on +0034696636487

Ross' new website

Our Podcast Website on CAPTIVATE

People Soup on Instagram which also features plenty of Ross' photos of the Andalusian life

And you can connect with Ross on LinkedIn

He's now also on