Dr. Dacher Keltner

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577 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Jul

Dr. Dacher Keltner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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You know, this isn't about your career.

This isn't about what you do.

This isn't about how you label yourself.

This is where you come alive.

This may not even be...

the thing you do most of the time, but it gives you so much meaning.

Your wonderful description made me think about my own life.

Personally, I was raised by my mom taught literature, my dad was a visual artist, and I was no good at the arts.

And I couldn't write fiction to save my life.

And even though I wanted to,

But I will tell you, Mel, like being in a museum, seeing plays, reading fiction, hearing fiction, I am most alive in the arts, creativity, right?

And beauty.

And yet it's not how I make my living.

It's not what I'm necessarily great at, but wow, do I come alive for reasons I can't describe to you.

And just knowing that, it's like, if I want a sense of purpose, I go see a movie.

You know, if I want a sense of purpose, I will...

Go to a play, right?

And just take it in.

It'll give me all this insight about life as art does because that's something core to me that is what really matters.

Yeah.

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