PLEASE NOTE: This interview originally aired on Sounds True One, where you can enjoy early, ad-free access to episodes of Insights at the Edge. Sounds True One is our premium membership platform built around live classes, online events, award-winning specials, intimate learning experiences and Q&A sessions with the world's leading wisdom teachers. Get your first month FREE at https://bit.ly/4liBdVV What are you paying attention to—and is it the life you actually want to be living? In this episode, Tami Simon speaks with Cody Cook-Parrott—writer, artist, movement practitioner, and author of the new Sounds True book The Practice of Attention: Cultivating Presence in a Distracted World—about what it takes to reclaim focus in an age engineered to steal it. Together, they explore: • The attention audit: a simple, powerful practice for noticing where your time and energy actually go • Why social media addiction and alcohol addiction can mirror each other—and what "zero" looks like as a choice • Structure with softness: building devotional creative habits that flex without breaking • Agency over urgency—and why that principle is especially vital for neurodivergent and queer creators • The emotional car: how to bring difficult inner parts along for the ride without letting them take the wheel • Consistency over intensity: why a 25-minute Pomodoro session beats an eight-hour grind • What's really driving the urge to distract—and how asking "what am I avoiding?" changes everything • Why attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer The Practice of Attention is available now from Sounds True. Visit thepracticeofatttention.com to download a free workbook companion to the attention audit. Subscribe to Sounds True's YouTube Channel ► https://bit.ly/SubscribeSTYT Sounds True is a mission-driven learning and media company, and a recognized leader in wellbeing, personal growth, and spiritual transformation. Partnering with the world’s foremost wisdom teachers and best-selling authors, the company reaches millions worldwide with its unique programs, digital learning experiences, and worldwide events. The company also features a variety of original series, weekly shows, and live online experiences on Sounds True One, its global platform and community with members across more than 125 countries. Sounds True is a Public Benefit Corporation and also the home of the Sounds True Foundation. #CodyCookParrott #PracticeOfAttention #AttentionAudit #CreativePractice #SoundsTrue #InsightsAtTheEdge #Neurodivergent #MindfulLiving Connect with us: ▪️Facebook: http://bit.ly/2XFIIeE ▪️Instagram: http://bit.ly/2UlEoiH ▪️Website: http://bit.ly/2tOl02d