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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
How many times have you checked your phone today? How many tabs are open in your web browser? Do you feel in control of your attention?
In the digital age, attention is now a commodity. Can practices like meditation and mindfulness help us feel more free to focus on what really matters?
This event was hosted at the Brunswick Ballroom by the Sophia Club in partnership with the University of Melbourne's Contemplative Studies Centre.
Original broadcast on March 18, 2025.
Speakers
Jess Huon
Meditation trainer, authorised Dharma teacher, writer (The Dark Wet)
Nicholas Van Dam
Director of the Contemplative Studies Centre at the University of Melbourne
Associate professor, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
Brigid Hains (host)
Editorial director, Aeon Media
Matthias Schack-Arnott Musician
Big Ideas
Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
