The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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A psychologist and author of “How To Winter” explains what we can learn from people thriving in the coldest, darkest parts of the world.

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0:00.0	Listener supported WNYC Studios.
0:11.8	This is Science Friday.
0:13.5	I'm Ira Flaydo.
0:14.6	And I'm Flora Lichten.
0:16.3	Today on the podcast, with the help of psychology,
0:18.7	we'll explain how to embrace a positive wintertime
0:21.9	mindset.
0:23.1	I enjoy the winter.
0:24.8	I love the winter.
0:25.8	The winter is to be loved, not to be feared.
0:32.7	Ira, we are in the winter doldrums right now.
0:36.1	The days are short. It is so cold here in New York.
0:42.4	Yeah. And I have to say, I do not love it. No one loves it.
0:47.1	Are you a winter person? Do you have strategies to get through the winter?
0:50.5	You know, I developed a strategy when I was going to school in Buffalo, and you know
0:54.9	what those winters are like? It is so windy, it is so cold, and you know what? I figured out if you
1:01.4	turn backwards, you walk backwards into the wind with your parka over your head, it actually
1:07.0	helps. You're never going to see my eyes again because I'm just everywhere I go, I'm
1:11.2	going to be backwards. And you know what I learned this week is that there are actually
1:15.4	scientifically supported things you can do to better cope with winter. Our next guest
1:21.2	traveled to some of the coldest, darkest places on Earth to learn how people there, don't
1:26.3	just survive, but thrive in winter.
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