If you find yourself sighing heavily as you pore over old photos or scrolling through On This Day on Facebook, this is for you. Do these trips down memory lane make you feel shit? Maybe they have you pining for the “good old days” when you were less tired, thinner, prettier? Firstly, babe those are straight up rose-coloured glasses you’re looking through. Secondly, there’s research to suggest you can take a nostalgia trip without ending up feeling like pure shit afterward. Oh and we’re going to teach you how to do it. 

LINKS

• Professor Constantine Sedikides, Professor of Social and Personality Psychology, Director, Centre for Research on Self Identity.
• ‘What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows’ - The New York Times
• Follow The Space on Instagram @thespace_podcast.
• Follow Nova Podcasts on Instagram @novapodcastsofficial.

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88.
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy.
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper.
Editor: Adrian Walton.

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