Clay Routledge: The Surprising Powers of Nostalgia

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Can relishing the past help us create a better future? If we want to move ahead, how does going back support us? Could it be that thinking about the past is inseparable from thinking about the future? These are the questions Dr. Clay Routledge explores in his new book, Past Forward. In this fascinating and very cool podcast, Tami Simon and Clay consider how a walk down memory lane can lead you to a brighter tomorrow, discussing: agency, action, and the power of a “meaning mindset”; building a culture of agency; existential psychology; the subjective experience of time and the concept of “temporal consciousness”; why it’s important to savor the moment; the characteristics of nostalgia; working with difficult or bittersweet memories; how creativity is facilitated by a sense of security; journaling, playlists, scrapbooks, cooking, and other practical approaches to cultivate nostalgia and its benefits; the “reminiscence bump” and how nostalgia helps us feel younger; becoming our true selves; nostalgia around objects and personal possessions; and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:12.0	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:18.9	It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:48.6	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation,
1:00.4	our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.6	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org. And in advance, thank you for your
1:14.6	support. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Clay Routledge, Ph.D. Clay is a leading
1:23.5	expert in existential psychology. He's the director and vice president of research at the
1:30.4	Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute, and he's co-editor of Profectus, an online
1:38.5	magazine on human progress and flourishing. Clay is a highly cited researcher who's published more than a hundred
1:47.5	scholarly papers, and his work has been cited by many media outlets, including the New York Times,
1:54.2	the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and more. What sounds true? I'm proud to say that Clay is the author of a new book.
2:03.2	It's called Past Forward, How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life.
2:10.5	Clay, welcome to Insights at the Edge.
2:13.2	Thank you for having me. It's great to be on.
2:16.3	Of course, I want to talk about nostalgia, the power of nostalgia in our lives, and your new book passed forward.
2:23.9	But before we get there, there's a topic really important to me that I want to start our conversation by addressing, which has to do with what you've discovered at the human flourishing lab about what
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