Puddicombe: You can have peace of mind even with a busy mind
Andy Puddicombe · How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson · May 30, 2020 · at 18:33
Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe discusses why meditation is not about forcing the mind to stop thinking.
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“You can actually have peace of mind with a very busy mind.”
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