S2E45 A Slight Change of Plans - an Interview with Dr. Maya Shankar
It's a Good Life
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The Importance of Awe Inspiring Experiences
The importance of inviting what we call awe inspiring experiences into your life. People who had just a small glimpse into nature recovered faster from their operations, took fewer pain killers and were evaluated as being more emotionally resilient than those patients who had a brick wall. The mechanism at play here is that having this present mindedness and having these feelings of awe and beauty in the moment allow us to think beyond our own needs, our own wants, our own anxieties.
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