Dacher Keltner

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Ologies with Alie Ward · Awe Psychology (WONDER) with Dacher Keltner · 3 Jun 2026 podcast

You're in a hospital.

Put away your devices.

Think of a moment of awe.

And we guided them, and it reduced anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

So it doesn't take much.

You know, the core to awe is when what you encounter is beyond your understanding in that moment of the world.

That's why children, many, you know, my experience raising my two daughters is like so much awe early in life because everything is new, right?

The Buddhists talk about the beginner's mind of try to make everything new to you and put away your preexisting ideas and concepts and prejudices.

And when you travel,

What's extraordinary is everything is different.

You know, I remember going to Europe when I was 16 with my brother and it's just like, man, the garbage cans are different.

And check out how small the garbage truck is.

And, you know, the men wear bright colors.

I can't believe this, you know, check out the mustaches.

And you're just like, wow, you know, and that's wonderful.

And so the challenge of life is to try to find that as much as you can.

You know, Ali, I love your inquiry because what you're saying, and I think you're really right, which is that underlying the awe of music or visual art or a big idea or getting out in nature is emerging, right?

Emerging with another form of life or another form of consciousness.

And the most fundamental is with other humans, your best friends and your children and your partners.

One of the things that I write about in the book is that the neurophysiology of awe is fascinating.

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