How to Survive a Grief-Stricken Life

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Grief is the ultimate awe experience. It destabilizes you, rearranges your view of the world. Without my brother around, the world was totally, it just made no sense for a while. And I reconstructed it by going in search of awe. You know, and we're learning scientifically with grief, you can grow. Go after mysteries. Go after things you don't understand. Wander around.

In this episode we sit down with psychologist Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading experts on the science of emotion, the man Pixar hired to help them write Inside Out. In his new book – Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life – he outlines his years of work in this field, the health benefits of awe, the evolutionary origins and likely functions, and how to better pursue more awe and wonder in your own life.