Hello, welcome back. This episode is all about the blissful experience of awe in which we feel

connected to something bigger than ourselves. My guest is the internationally renowned

happiness expert, Daka Kelner, who has spoken about and written about numerous portals into

awe in which our sense of self disappears or at least reduces much like in the

experience of flow as I talk about in my book. Now in this clip, in this excerpt, we are focusing

on the awe-inducing power of nature specifically.

Hello. Hello.

Nature is almost the most obvious one, I think, in terms of finding oil, whether it be seeing the millions of stars on a really clear night, not that you ever do in this country, but many of us will have had that experience.

But even just being near parks and that kind of thing, now we've got a park really near us.

It's my wife and I's spiritual home.

It's called Non-Such Park, so called because Henry the 8th said there is non-such park as beautiful as this.

And I think he was bang on.

But just nature and the power of nature to evoke all.

Again, from the loftiest of nature experiences down to more every day.

Yeah.

You know, terrific analysis, Simon.

And you, you know, if you ask people what brings you awe,

a lot of people will mention the big sources of nature, right? Oh, the redwood trees in California,

the Grand Canyon, the, you know, the, the incredible lakes of the Lake District, or what have you. But what, but the,

the more interesting truth to where we find awe in nature is a couplefold. And one is it's,

it's in every form of nature. It is in gardening. You know, they're great gardening to

traditions. It is in the walking paths of England. It is, um, in fishing. You know, they're great gardening traditions. It is in the walking paths of England. It is

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