When was the last time you felt genuine awe? Not just happiness, not “that’s cool,” but deep, childlike wonder? In this episode, we explore 7 five-minutes-or-less practices that can help you feel more present, more alive, and more connected to the quiet magic all around you. 

EPISODE OUTLINE

00:00 Intro 

01:28 MAKE BELIEVE is out now

02:50 Come hang with me on tour?   

03:51 7 tiny ways to cultivate awe

03:54 1. Look closely at ordinary nature

04:20 The goggles of habit 

04:41 Walt Whitman: what is the grass?

05:27 Thich Nhat Hanh’s tangerine meditation

07:31 Rumi & the blurriness of separation 

09:14 2. Look up

10:00 The benefits of tree gazing

10:29 Mary Oliver’s When I Am Among the Trees

11:48 3. Unitask music 

11:55 Music used to be the main course

13:06 One song no multitasking challenge

13:29 Make an awe playlist 

13:40 4. Make unsmall small talk 

14:19 Martin Buber’s I-Thou vs I-It

15:50 Challenge: be aware during small talk

16:17 The sacred ground of connection

16:50 5. Remember pale blue dot 

17:08 The Voyager photo

17:36 Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot 

19:10 Pondering our tininess 

21:04 6. Make an awe signal

22:21 7. Keep an awe list 

22:43 The Zeigarnik Effect

24:53 Lightning round recap

EPISODE LINKS

• @boywaif post on the goggles of habit

• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

• Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

• Sometimes & When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver

• Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot

• I and Thou by Martin Buber

• Rumi (Coleman Bark’s Essential Rumi) 

• The Zeigarnick Effect 

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