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Feeling Lost or Behind in Life? The #1 Happiness Expert Explains How to Find Your Purpose
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The Full Case for One Minute of Daily Awe
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Facing skeptics who questioned whether awe could matter during a rising mental health crisis, Dr. Keltner's lab produced data that silenced them: one minute of daily awe practice consistently reduces depression, anxiety, daily stress, exhaustion, and loneliness. It also benefits the heart, improves immune function, and reduces systemic inflammation. He tells audiences of thousands of doctors and nurses that no intervention he knows of produces a comparable range of benefits at zero cost. The battle cry is simple — look around you, identify an opportunity for awe, and take it. Money, he adds, actually gets in the way of awe; the richest experiences of wonder are free [1] — Dacher Keltner "One minute of daily awe reduces depression, anxiety, daily stress, exhaustion, and loneliness, while also benefiting the heart and immune s…" 52:16 .
Practicing one minute of awe per day was found to reduce depression, anxiety, daily stress, exhaustion, and loneliness, while improving heart health and immune function.
One minute of daily awe reduces depression, anxiety, daily stress, exhaustion, and loneliness, while also benefiting the heart and immune system and reducing inflammation. There is no pill, supplement, or routine with a comparable evidence base — and it costs nothing.
Put away devices, take a deep breath, and orient toward one of eight universal wonder sources: nature, moral beauty, collective movement, visual art, music, compelling ideas, or the life cycle. Spend one minute going from small to vast — and let your mind expand.
