go to a farmer's market and buy a fruit that you've never tasted and taste that.

I think there are so many ways that we can awaken our experiences.

Our brains, again, great as they are, as we've been saying, like to let things go.

And it's much easier for our brains if everything is the same.

They don't have to pay attention. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time,

great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in,

garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

But it's not just about thinking.

Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.

There's a common idea out in the self-help psychology world that our thoughts create our reality.

And while that is true, some of the time, it's not the full story.

Because what about those mornings where you wake up feeling off before you've even had a thought?

Or the days when your mood shifts just because you stood up feeling off before you've even had a thought, or the days when your mood

shifts just because you stood up a little straighter. Those are certainly experiences I've had

that have made me wonder, well, are my thoughts the whole thing? And that's where today's guest

Janice Kaplan comes in. Her latest book, What Your Body Knows About Happiness, reveals something

surprising. Your body is

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