Are You Hitting Your Limit, or Getting Stronger? The Power of Reinterpreting Mental Effort
Doing the things we know we ought to do often requires effort. So how can we interpret it in a way that will help us persevere?
Alissa Mrazek
Alissa Mrazek is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on interventions promoting mindfulness, self-regulation, and adaptive mindsets. In 2017, Alissa and her team launched the Mindful Education Initiative to share personalized, evidence-based mindfulness training with students everywhere. She earned her Ph.D. in social psychology from Northwestern University.