Presenting Hidden Brain: Unlocking Your Purpose

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Chasing Life returns on September 7, but until then, here's an episode of Hidden Brain. Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. Cornell University psychologist Anthony Burrow explains why purpose isn't something to be found — it's something we can develop from within. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sanjay.
0:04.7	We'll be back with Season 2 of Chasing Life in just a few weeks, but in the meantime,
0:10.0	I wanted to introduce you to another podcast I think you're going to enjoy.
0:13.7	It's called Hidden Brain.
0:15.5	On Hidden Brain, host Shankar Vedanthan explores the unconscious patterns that drive human
0:20.6	behavior and asks questions about our complex and changing world.
0:25.4	The episode you'll hear today is from Hidden Brain's U2.0 series, which covers a range of
0:30.7	self-improvement topics.
0:32.6	You'll hear from Anthony Burrow, a researcher who studies how we can all cultivate a sense
0:38.3	of purpose in our lives.
0:40.8	And now Hidden Brain.
0:47.5	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanthan.
0:50.4	Cornell University psychologist Anthony Burrow has spent much of his career studying what
0:55.5	it means to have a sense of purpose.
0:57.9	He has examined how we can cultivate purpose and how having a sense of purpose can transform
1:03.5	our lives.
1:05.1	Tony Burrow, welcome to Hidden Brain.
1:07.2	Thank you for having me.
1:08.9	Tony, I want to play a short clip from the 1967 movie The Graduate.
1:14.1	In this scene, a young Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin Braddock.
1:18.2	He's a fresh out of college, lounging in his parents' pool when his dad confronts him.
1:24.1	Ben, what are you doing?
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