Professional beach volleyball player turned health and fitness leader, Gabby Reece, has built a life she loves through the practice of intentional focus. On today’s episode of The Dr. & The Nurse, Gabby sits down with David to talk about how each of us can use the practices she’s employed to create our dream lives.

David begins the conversation by asking Gabby how she maintained her focus on what mattered most as her career change and priorities shifted—first from athlete/spokeswoman to now business owner/mother/wife. Gabby walks us through some of her daily focus practices: how she schedules her day to capitalize on her best windows of focus, balancing scatterfocus and hyperfocus, and when (and how!) to tap into a flow state of focus. Their conversation wraps up with Gabby sharing some of her best advice for building that life of intentional focus. 

Dr. Daniel Amen joins David for the second half of this episode—taking a look at what’s going on in Gabby’s brain when she taps into that intensely focused state. Together the two discuss the best times for achieving high focus, if it’s possible to increase the amount of time we can focus well on a task, and creating rhythms of focus that bring you, and those around you, joy. 

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Navigating Life's Focus and Priorities

07:03 Understanding Hyperfocus and Scatterfocus

13:54 Building Focus Stamina Through Physical and Mental Practices

20:51 The Art of Flow State and Its Importance

26:59 Designing a Life of Intentional Focus

34:11 The Science of Focus and Brain Function

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