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The Wellness Mama Podcast

What Space Taught Me About Being Human with Astronaut Mike Massimino

Dec 13, 2023
01:07:40

Episode Highlights With Mike

  • How he ended up sending the first tweet from space
  • Why Neil Armstrong was his hero growing up and how he got to meet him as an adult
  • What his first tweet from space was
  • The profound impact that seeing our world from a different perspective had on him
  • What changed in his daily experience from being in space
  • How his body changed from being in space and how it resolved when he got back
  • The mental health and community lessons he learned from his time in space
  • Why the lone genius is a myth and why we need community 
  • What inspired his book Moonshot
  • How to achieve impossible dreams and the mindset that set him up for success 
  • What he learned from his parents that helped cultivate his mindset 
  • Lessons he taught his kids and how his experience influenced his parenting 
  • How to harness nervous system energy for motivation 
  • The 30-second rule for wallowing in regret for 30 seconds and how it's helpful

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