In this short interview, meditation teacher Emily Fletcher and brain‑performance coach Jim Kwik discuss why daily meditation should be treated as a core mental‑hygiene practice rather than a luxury. Emily describes her structured offerings—a four‑day, two‑hours‑per‑day intensive and a 15‑day, 15‑minutes‑per‑day online course—emphasizing that meditation is a skill that requires consistent training and a time investment. Jim shares his personal routine of meditating twice daily, noting that his adherence is driven by clear, tangible benefits such as increased productivity, peace of mind, and overall well‑being, rather than sheer willpower. Both stress that even the busiest or “lazy” individuals need to prioritize meditation, framing it as essential for optimal performance. Emily then introduces a quick emotional‑reset method: a one‑minute “rant” where one vents all frustrations, followed immediately by a one‑minute dance break, designed to cathartically release tension and boost mood in the moment.
I would say, I mean, I'm biased, but I think really the best thing to do is to start a meditation practice. Like, learn a technique like you did, like you and I did 4 days together. It was 2 hours a day for 4 days. I have an online course that's just, it's 15 minutes a day for 15 days. So I'm biased, I say know that meditation is a skill, that it does take training, that there are different techniques that will do different things for your body. But that's, and it's a time commitment, it's an investment to start a course, but something people could do.
And For me, it's interesting because people comment when I mention I don't miss a day and I do it twice a day. It really— I don't feel like for me it's willpower. It's because I'm getting such great benefit from it and I'm aware of that I'm getting benefit from it. And I can't imagine— like, I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't do it because life is just harder.
Yes.
You know, and it takes more time and I'm not as efficient or productive and I don't feel peace, you know. And so I feel like it's— even for people who are quote-unquote lazy, it's If you don't have 20 minutes, you really need to be doing this more.
Yes, thank you so much for saying that, because people understand how busy you are. You know, you're so prolific in your creation and how much that you share with all of us, and so people know that you have a very full life. And so for you to say, well, I— if I don't meditate, I don't feel as good, I'm not as productive, I'm at a disadvantage, I feel like— yes, like not meditating puts you at a disadvantage. When people start to understand that one piece, we will stop— we'll take meditation out of the like bubble bath for your brain category, right? It's not a luxury. We really have to start to see that this is the most important piece of mental hygiene that we need to be practicing every day, and it makes everything better. Like, you get so much— everything is more fun when you do it. So that's that. But that's the, you know, it's a 15-day process, but I'd love to give folks some, like, easy, fun things they can do to really feel better in the now and really reset their day. So the first one is a little— it might seem a little unexpected for a meditation teacher. Okay. But it's a 1-minute rant. So I recommend you set a timer on your phone and just 1 minute, and then Press start and just let it rip. Just all the stuff you've been holding inside. I hate this and this sucks and this person is the worst and why did this happen to me? And Emily told me to say, why did it happen for me? But this is happening to me. And just be like as melodramatic and as nasty as you want to be. Just let it rip. Just cathart it all out. I love that word cathart. I think I made it up. Okay. Because it kind of sounds like fart. But it's like cathart, cathart, cathart. And then ding. And then just notice, right, 1 minute of raging or crying or whatever came up for you, and then 1 minute dance party.
