2024-06-24
31 分钟Awe reduces stress, helps us forget our minor worries and makes us feel more connected to the people around us. We all need more awe in our lives - but surely it's not that easy to find awesome experiences on your average Tuesday? Actor Tony Hale explains how everyday awe helps ease his anxieties, while UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner shows us how to find awe in music, art, scenery... even in a walk around our block. And Dr Laurie explores the things that give her a sense of awe with the help of Mike Menzel - who built a space telescope that lets us see billions of years into the past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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One of the coolest things about hosting the Happiness Lab is that I get to meet guests I really admire and from whom I learn a lot.
Take one of my favorite interviewees.
Hey, I'm Tony Hale and happy to be here.
I spoke to Emmy award winning actor Tony Hale for an episode about being in the present moment.
The star of Veep and Arrested Development puts an impressive amount of effort into following mindfulness practices in order to tame his negative thoughts.
I can honestly say that I felt like I was a victim to my thoughts and my feelings.
I was so drowning in my thoughts and my feelings.
And when I became more of an observer of them and took a seat and didn't identify with them so much, you're never going to be fully in the driver's seat.
But it felt like I was a little more in the driver's seat.
But there was another part of our conversation that left a huge impression on me.
It was about the depth and importance of Tony's religious beliefs.
The truth is, my faith is everything to me.
My faith is really what for me, centers me and is a cornerstone for me.
Tony gets many, many unexpected happiness benefits from his Christianity.
Building relationships, better listening, more, not being so isolated, like, it really opened me up.
And I get a lot of comfort thinking of the big picture.
Study after study shows that people who practice a religious faith are significantly happier than non religious individuals irrespective of what religion they practice.
People who attend religious services report lower levels of stress and depression.