Episode · The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2025-10-27
Books mentioned on 12 Minutes to a Better Brain: Neuroscientist Reveals the #1 Habit for Clarity & Focus
If you’re feeling tired, unfocused, and like your mind is being hijacked, today’s episode is for you. The world today is designed to steal your focus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Peak Mind
Peak Mind is a neuroscience and self-help book by Amishi Jha that explores mindfulness as an effective method for improving attention, focus, and cognitive performance under high-stress conditions.
Discussed“You know Dr. Amishi in Peak Mind and all your research you break attention into three systems.”
Where to get it
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Meditation for Beginners
Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield is an introductory guide designed to help readers establish a foundational mindfulness and meditation practice.
Recommended“I actually went into Penn's bookstore and looked in the meditation section and super lucked out because the book I ended up picking up was something called Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Peak Mind
“When you said attention is something that you hold almost like I'm holding your book peak mind, it made me look at it differently because the word hold.”