Episode 14 - Mindfulness Means Remember | Why Forgetting Is the Practice - Quick Bite

Have you ever tried mindfulness, only to feel frustrated when your mind wandered?

In this Quick Bite episode of the Relish Podcast, Alyssia Sheikh reframes mindfulness in a way that can change everything. Drawing on the Pali root word sati, she explains that mindfulness doesn’t just mean awareness—it means “to remember.” Remembering to return to the present. Remembering that conditioning and autopilot aren’t your truth. Remembering who you really are.

✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why forgetting is part of mindfulness, not failure 
• How mindfulness builds the capacity to remember and redirect attention
• Why sati means both “awareness” and “to remember” in Buddhist tradition
• How remembering can connect you back to presence and your truest self
• A short guided “dessert” meditation to help you practice

Mindfulness isn’t about stopping thoughts or being present all the time—it’s about remembering, over and over, to come back. And with each return, you’re remembering not just this moment, but also your deepest truth.

💭 Reflection to try: The next time your mind wanders, instead of judging yourself, smile and say, “Ah—I remembered.”

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Links & Resources Mentioned:

• Tang, Y.-Y., Hölzel, B.K., & Posner, M.I. (2015). The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation. (Shows mindfulness strengthens attention networks and improves reorienting ability.) → https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn3916
• Zeidan, F., Johnson, S.K., et al. (2010). Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training.(Found even 4 days of mindfulness improved attention and working memory.) → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20363650/