Dr. Laurie Santos

But we forget we can use all kinds of senses to feel better.

What would it do to like get a nice smelling candle or a nice smelling thing or something that feels soft, right?

What would it do to like get a nice smelling candle or a nice smelling thing or something that feels soft, right?

Even if it's like soft socks or like a softer chair or something like that.

Even if it's like soft socks or like a softer chair or something like that.

Curating your sensory experience can be a powerful way to feel a little bit better.

Curating your sensory experience can be a powerful way to feel a little bit better.

And so this is a hack I use now if I have some project at work that feels like a slog, like there's some paper I have to edit that I don't feel like.

And so this is a hack I use now if I have some project at work that feels like a slog, like there's some paper I have to edit that I don't feel like.

I'm like, I'm going to put on some nice fuzzy socks.

I'm like, I'm going to put on some nice fuzzy socks.

I'm going to put on some soothing music.

I'm going to put on some soothing music.

I'm going to have that soft, cuddly blanket, especially we're chatting when it's autumn.

I'm going to have that soft, cuddly blanket, especially we're chatting when it's autumn.

So it's just starting to get cold where I am here.

So it's just starting to get cold where I am here.

I'm like, I'm going to make my sensory experience around doing this paper as comfy as possible.

I'm like, I'm going to make my sensory experience around doing this paper as comfy as possible.

And that will give me a little bit of pleasure while I do it.