We're often told that staying open to wonder is a nice idea for people with time on their hands. It turns out to be one of the healthiest things you can do — and there's twenty years of science to prove it. In this episode we dig into the research of UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner on awe: the feeling of being small before something vast, and what it measurably does to a body. Lower inflammation, lower stress, a calmer nervous system, more generosity, a steadier sense of time, a more satisfying life — and, remarkably, most of us feel it two or three times a week from completely ordinary things, if we slow down enough to notice. We also clear up the big misunderstanding: being open to wonder isn't being naive — knowing the facts of a thing usually makes it more astonishing, not less. A hopeful, grounded conversation about why the people who kept looking for wonder were right all along, and healthier for it. The podcast has an accompanying blog post: Wonder is Actually Good for You
