Such shifts are useful in ensuring that we are neither too caught up in external events nor too overwhelmed by our internal feelings, but instead occupy a place of balance that incorporates input from both realms.

technique she calls “shuttling”—moving one’s focus back and forth between what is transpiring internally and what is going on outside the body.

results show that the training helps participants maintain their attentional focus and preserve their working memory even under the most challenging circumstances.

Eventually, however, she came to recognize that “this default strategy was actually undermining my performance and well-being.”

“I considered my capacity to ignore and override my body and my emotions in this way to be a good thing—a sign of strength, self-discipline, and determination.”

These champions have a superior ability to sense their bodies’ cues, and are therefore better able to monitor and manage their bodies’ resources as they rise to meet a challenge.

how she anticipated a stressor, how she responded to a stressor, and how she recovered from a stressor.

just as some people are better than others at using bodily sensations to guide their decisions, some people are better than others at using interoceptive signals to monitor and manage their moment-by-moment expenditure of energy.

“éminence grise,”