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🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Discover the transformative power of the most under-researched human emotion, awe, in this enlightening episode with Dacher Keltner, renowned psychology professor and author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.
💡 Unearth the profound impact of awe on personal well-being and global change.
💡 Understand how cultivating a sense of wonder can refresh your outlook and enhance your connection with the world.
💡 Get a sneak peek into Dacher Keltner’s groundbreaking research spanning three decades, highlighting the untapped power of awe.
💡 Learn about the tangible psychological and physiological benefits of awe from reduced stress to increased vitality.
💡 Explore actionable ways to infuse awe into your daily routine for amplified well-being and human connection.
This thought-provoking dialogue blends scientific evidence with personal experiences to redefine your understanding of emotions. It’s time to tap into the awe-inspiring power of awe.
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0:00.0 | brief doses of all getting outdoors dancing listening to music having a great conversation it boosts well-being |
0:06.8 | We know it increases your feeling good about life brief moments of all help you handle daily stresses better brief moments of all |
0:13.9 | Even when you're by yourself in nature music make you feel connected and decrease loneliness brief moments of all make you more |
0:20.7 | Creative and they make you feel like the people around you even ideological |
0:26.0 | adversaries you kind of share stuff right you're you're part of a community so when you put that together |
0:31.6 | It just tells us like if we're really thinking about the utility of all it's good news for human beings |
0:40.5 | So would it surprise you to know that there is a powerful human emotion? |
0:44.9 | Maybe even one of the most transformational ones that was almost entirely ignored by the scientific community |
0:52.0 | Until fairly recently because they thought it just didn't matter and that emotion and the experience of it |
0:58.0 | We now know not just through generations of personal experience, but a growing body of scientific evidence |
1:04.8 | It holds the power to not only change your life, but maybe even the world |
1:09.8 | Well, it turns out just such an emotion exists and we call it awe |
1:15.4 | It is a stunningly powerful way to boost your well-being gain a fresh perspective and reconnect with the world |
1:21.4 | Just by cultivating your sense of wonder and awe and even better |
1:25.3 | It just plain feels amazing to be in it |
1:28.8 | An hour guide today as we dive into the world of awe is Docker Keltner the author of the new book awe |
1:34.8 | The new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life and expert in the science of emotions |
1:41.2 | Someone who I have followed and his work for years and a professor of psychology at the University of California |
1:48.3 | Docker has been studying emotion for over three decades |
1:51.2 | And though always often overlooked in early research on emotions |
1:55.1 | He began focusing on the experience and its impact on our lives |
1:59.6 | Through studies now with thousands of people across the globe |
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