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A Doctor Who Can Feel People’s Pain

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“There’s a space between people that we just have to take a risk and just leap and see how we can connect,” says Joel Salinas, Harvard Medical School neurologist and author of Mirror Touch. Salinas has mirror-touch synesthesia: He explains to host Elise Loehnen that he perceives his senses as mixed (i.e., he hears colors) and that he’s able to feel the physical and emotional sensations of other people—as if they are happening to him. Which is: wild. Loehnen asks him how this has changed his understanding of empathy and the ways we connect with other people. And he teaches us why we need boundaries—and how to set them. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Elise Lunen here, co-host with Gwyneth of the Goop podcast.

0:08.0

Today's guest is incredibly fascinating. His name is Joelle Salinas.

0:13.0

But before we get to my conversation with him, I want to give a quick shout out to our friends at Chase Sapphire,

0:19.0

who we partnered up with to bring you today's episode.

0:23.0

When I'm not in the Goop office, I might be flying back and forth to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle,

0:32.0

to interview the guests you hear on the show every week.

0:35.0

I love getting to sit down with these incredible people and much prefer having a face-to-face conversation,

0:41.0

and traveling has its pros and cons.

0:43.0

With the Chase Sapphire Reserve card, there are some pretty sweet perks, though.

0:48.0

You can earn three times the points on travel and dining worldwide,

0:51.0

and an even better bonus is that those points are worth 50% more when you redeem them for travel through Chase.

0:57.0

So maybe you'll go for that hotel upgrade or spring for some more legroom or extend your next road trip through the weekend.

1:04.0

Visit Chase.com slash Sapphire to learn more.

1:12.0

Don't hold anything too tightly.

1:14.0

Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the intention of real truth for you, and then let it go.

1:23.0

For me, our soul is like it's unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves.

1:30.0

When people stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming, we turn to ourselves,

1:38.0

and that's where you become empowered.

1:40.0

Courageous participation attracts positive things.

1:45.0

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow.

1:47.0

This is the Goop podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs,

1:55.0

scientists, doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations,

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