Coaching practices for Hadot Attention Exercise
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I react before I’ve even decided to
- I get to the end of the day and realize I was barely there for any of it
- When I sit and try to think hard about the big questions in my life, nothing comes
- My attention feels welded to the inside of my own head
- I’m standing at a choice where I can feel myself about to take the easy, lesser road, and abstract principles aren’t holding me
Practices that may help
- Prosoche — the practice of attention
Maintain constant, vigilant attention to your own thoughts, judgments, and impulses as they arise.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Attention to the present moment (prosoche)
Practice "prosoche" — continuous, vigilant attention to what you are actually doing and thinking, right now.
Philosophy as a Way of Life - Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises
Pierre Hadot showed that ancient philosophy was not primarily a set of doctrines to be believed but a collection of "spiritual exercises" — daily practices that transformed perception, desire, and action. The exercises include attention to the present moment, self-examination, meditation on death, the view from above, and physical dialogue — each designed to change not what you know but who you are. - Pair philosophical practice with physical exercise
Use a regular physical practice (walking, exercise) as the occasion for philosophical reflection — as the ancients did.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Attention training technique (ATT)
Practice deliberately shifting attention across sounds — a drill that builds attention flexibility and reduces self-focus.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - Act as if sages were watching — the practice of the philosophical community
Before any action, ask: would a person I genuinely respect — who embodies the values I aspire to — approve of this?
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Practice philosophy as a daily exercise
Reserve time each day not for reading philosophy but for performing a philosophical exercise.
Philosophy as a Way of Life - Daily 12-minute ATT practice
Run the full three-phase ATT session every day as a skill, not a relaxation ritual.
Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical - Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
The Attention Training Technique (ATT), developed by Adrian Wells, is a structured auditory exercise that rebuilds voluntary control over where attention goes — directly countering the self-focused, threat-locked attention that sustains anxiety and health anxiety. Randomised trials support its effectiveness as a standalone and as part of Metacognitive Therapy. - Melete thanatou — meditation on death
Briefly contemplate your own death today to clarify what actually matters.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises
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