Attentioneering

Attentioneering

Your attention is under constant attack—from the phone in your hand to the thoughts in your head. This podcast gives you the tools, science, and strategies to defend it, reclaim your focus, and create space for the things that matter most. attentioneering.substack.com

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August 28, 2025 86 mins

Most productivity advice treats distraction like an enemy to defeat. Block it out. Push through. Focus harder. But what if that fight itself is part of the problem?

In this episode, I talk with Kevin Lacroix, a meditation teacher and trainer who's spent over a decade studying how attention actually works—not how we think it should work. Kevin studied with renowned teachers Jeff Warren and Shinzen Young, and now teaches others using ...

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When we talk about focus, we usually think big picture—sticking to a goal, staying on track over weeks or months. But real focus lives in the moment. In the next breath. The next step. The choice to stay with discomfort instead of escape it.

In this episode, I sit down with Matt Christopherson, a high-performance coach and former National Team athlete. In 2024, Matt completed one of the most intense endurance challenges of his life—...

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When we think about distraction and the things that keep us from doing deep work, we usually blame the obvious culprits—emails piling up, social media notifications, co-workers or family interrupting us.

But research shows that nearly half of our distractions don’t come from the outside at all. They come from within—our own thoughts pulling us away, emotions bubbling up, sensations we can’t ignore.

So how do we learn to notice what’s...

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I used to have a reasonably normal attention span. Until I didn’t. In this episode, I briefly share my story and what I hope to tackle in upcoming episodes. Let me know if it resonates with you and what struggles you face when it comes to your ability to focus.



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