Book cover for Finding Focus: Own Your Attention in an Age of Distraction by Zelana Montminy

Finding Focus

Own Your Attention in an Age of Distraction

2025 Released
256 Pages
5-6 Hours
BalanceISBN 9780306834356

A must-read action plan to reclaim your focus, direct your attention, and save your mind in an era of endless distraction.

"An essential read for our distracted times.” -Mark Hyman, MD, author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Young Forever

Our brains are wired for focus. We are designed for it, we crave it, and yet in our current age of overload, we often feel like our minds are bolting from one distraction to the next, with sustained focus always just out of reach.

Finding Focus is an empowering guide to reclaiming your most precious resource: your attention. Leading behavioral scientist Dr. Zelana Montminy unveils the science behind focus and distraction, revealing how our hyperconnected reality and the endless flux between digital and physical life fragments our thoughts and diminishes our well-being. Finding Focus equips you with powerful strategies to:

  • Silence the noise
  • Rewire your brain
  • Unleash your potential
  • Rediscover yourself

If we can control our attention and be present, if we choose when and how we engage, we have a greater sense of wellbeing, deeper fulfillment, and a clear purpose. Finding Focus invites you to ask the question “Where do I want to direct my focus today?” It is a call to arms for anyone yearning to break free from the grip of distraction and live a life brimming with purpose and connection.

Zelana Montminy

Dr. Zelana Montminy is a positive psychologist and health and wellness expert who has contributed to Good Morning America, The Today Show, FOX, E!, People, Redbook, Shape, and PopSugar. Dr. Montminy is a member of the American Psychological Association, is a consultant for the Institute for Applied Positive Research, and serves on several boards, including the Pacific Region of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and the program advisory board of the Respect Institute. She holds master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology with a specialization in health and a focus in positive psychology, and she studied nutrition at Cornell University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children.

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