7 Tiny Ways to Cultivate Awe

When was the last time you felt genuine awe? Not just happiness,
not “that’s cool,” but deep, childlike wonder? In this episode,
we explore 7 five-minutes-or-less practices that can help you
feel more present, more alive, and more connected to the quiet
magic all around you. 





EPISODE OUTLINE





00:00 Intro 


01:28 MAKE BELIEVE is out now


02:50 Come hang with me on tour?   


03:51 7 tiny ways to cultivate awe


03:54 1. Look closely at ordinary nature


04:20 The goggles of habit 


04:41 Walt Whitman: what is the grass?


05:27 Thich Nhat Hanh’s tangerine meditation


07:31 Rumi & the blurriness of separation 


09:14 2. Look up


10:00 The benefits of tree gazing


10:29 Mary Oliver’s When I Am Among the Trees


11:48 3. Unitask music 


11:55 Music used to be the main course


13:06 One song no multitasking challenge


13:29 Make an awe playlist 


13:40 4. Make unsmall small talk 


14:19 Martin Buber’s I-Thou vs I-It


15:50 Challenge: be aware during small talk


16:17 The sacred ground of connection


16:50 5. Remember pale blue dot 


17:08 The Voyager photo


17:36 Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot 


19:10 Pondering our tininess 


21:04 6. Make an awe signal


22:21 7. Keep an awe list 


22:43 The Zeigarnik Effect


24:53 Lightning round recap





EPISODE LINKS





• @boywaif post on the goggles of habit


• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman


• Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh


• Sometimes & When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver


• Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot


• I and Thou by Martin Buber


• Rumi (Coleman Bark’s Essential Rumi) 


• The Zeigarnick Effect 





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