The Science of Happiness

Happiness Break: A Meditation to Inspire a Sense of Purpose


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Take a few minutes to reflect on someone who inspires you, and how you can embody the values you admire in them.

Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4x2whvzb

How to Do This Practice:

  1. Find a comfortable place to do this practice and settle into a relaxed pattern of breath.

  2. Think of someone who’s character has moved and inspired you. Focus on a specific time when they did something that inspired you.

  3. Notice the feelings that arise in your body when you reflect on that person’s moral beauty.

  4. Reflect on why that aspect of moral beauty is so significant and meaningful to you.

  5. Think of how you can strive to incorporate it into your own life.

  6. Today’s Happiness Break host:

    Dacher Keltner is the host of the Greater Good Science Center’s award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness and is a co-instructor of the GGSC’s popular online course of the same name. He’s also the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

    Check out Dacher’s most recent book, *Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life: *<https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt\](https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt)

    More resources from The Greater Good Science Center:

    How to Find Your Purpose in Life: https://tinyurl.com/28mjx65c

    Living with a Purpose Changes Everything: https://tinyurl.com/yeyv2xhu

    Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life: https://tinyurl.com/4ekymbet

    Five Ways to Foster Purpose in Adolescents: https://tinyurl.com/25e5bvv3

    How Purpose Changes Across Your Lifetime: https://tinyurl.com/yhek7ktr

    We love hearing from you! Who inspires you? Email us at [email protected] or use the hashtag #happinesspod.

    Find us on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/6s39rzus

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    We're living through a mental health crisis. Between the stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout — we all could use a break to feel better. That's where Happiness Break comes in. In each biweekly podcast episode, instructors guide you through research-backed practices and meditations that you can do in real-time. These relaxing and uplifting practices have been shown in a lab to help you cultivate calm, compassion, connection, mindfulness, and more — what the latest science says will directly support your well-being. All in less than ten minutes. A little break in your day.

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