Dr. Dacher Keltner

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

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So we gotta take action and just find a couple of minutes of it each day.

When you're stressed, a part of your brain, the amygdala is activated.

You're seeing threat everywhere.

You are overestimating uncertainty.

Cortisol, the stress hormone, is pulsing through your veins.

Your body is acting as if you are being chased by a big predator, right?

Yeah.

That's exhausting.

And even if you have all the resources in the world, that stress exhausts you.

And you wake up tired.

You don't feel like you have the energy to take on the things that face you.

What's amazing, Mel, is these emotions of gratitude and beauty and practicing a bit of kindness activate an energizing part of your nervous system.

The vagus nerve, which...

calms your body and makes you feel strong and makes you feel open.

It regulates your immune system in a healthy way.

It activates dopamine, right?

So you get this dopamine, which is like energy and purpose.

You practice a little love or you give some resources, you volunteer for someone and you help them out.

And suddenly it's like,

I feel powerful.

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