Deepika Chopra

Like I'm allowed to say that, but not, this always happens to me.

It's always going to happen to me and so forth.

I love awe and the studies that came out so recently on the power of awe and actually how it's such an antidote for anxiety and is actually more potent than even like forms of gratitude for anxiety.

Gratitude is very powerful and has a lot of research behind it.

But awe, I think I was so excited to read that research when it came out.

It's my favorite type of tool to weave in into my work as well.

So I understand why you're so drawn to it.

And I think the interesting part of that is that we can really find awe in the most small mundane moments, and we can be intentional about the awe.

And so we can actually intentionally seek it out on purpose.

And I think that's the point of all of this is these can be the set of tools and you could listen and be like, wow, uh-huh.

That, that makes a lot of sense, but you, we, these are not things that necessarily from an evolutionary standpoint,

We are predisposed to doing naturally.

These are things that we have to intentionally make time and space for and create.

And so, yes, like seeking out awe, whether it is whatever can bring you awe.

For me, it's a piece of music.

And if I notice myself getting lost in it and transcended, that is awe to me.

And I mark that down and I revisit it.

Or experiencing awe comes from being present.

So when you go out for a walk or you look out of your window, you're asking yourself, like, what am I truly seeing right now?

And you'll notice things that were always there, the tree that was always there outside the window.