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The Science of Happiness

Finding Awe in Every Step

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Social Sciences, Science

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

How can we feel connected to the world around us? Singer Diana Gameros tries to cultivate a sense of awe in the most unlikely of places.

Try this episode’s happiness practice: Awe Walk

Link to Episode Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yt2t2wr6

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I've moved to the United States when I was 13 years old to live with an aunt in

0:50.8

Michigan. I spent two years here and then went back to Mexico and then

0:55.2

decided to return in 2003.

0:59.4

Enter no so trotro sai a rio.

1:08.4

And nove sientos,

1:12.4

dea's mons. When I moved to the United States and I found inspiration or I found this motivation to write about the things that I was feeling about being away.

1:26.0

And I think, you know, I was inspired by folk music to create these songs.

1:31.0

For me, it's very humbling to know that some of the stories and the messages that I give or that I sing about are resonating with other people whose stories are similar to mine and I began to notice that they became a source of

1:45.5

inspiration and of empowerment to them and so I also see it as a responsibility to

1:51.9

use my platform you, I have a microphone, I have an

1:55.5

audience, I have a stage, and so for me it's a way to give voice to those who don't have a

2:02.0

mean to express it. She spent years writing songs about longing to go home to Juarez, Mexico and the experiences of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

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