Quick Morning Practice
A specific morning practice can boost happiness and reset your day.
7Personal Growth
How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life Today
Dr. Dacher Keltner shares science-backed tools to boost happiness, reduce stress, and reconnect with purpose in under five minutes.
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Finding Purpose
Two simple questions can help you identify your purpose today.
8Core Strengths
Identify your most powerful core strength and learn how to tap into it more effectively.
9Reducing Overwhelm
One specific thought can help you feel less overwhelmed, exhausted, and reduce stress immediately.
10Awe Practice
A one-minute awe practice is recommended for anyone feeling stressed, anxious, lonely, or exhausted.
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How can I feel more alive without spending money?
By applying simple, science-backed ways to live a meaningful life today without making major life changes.
1214What should I remember about my past?
Remembering two key things about your past can help you live a more meaningful life.
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This episode is for those who feel lost, burned out, anxious about the future, disconnected from themselves, or unsure of their life's direction.
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In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to feel happier and more connected to your purpose in under 5 minutes.
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Today, you’re learning from Dr. Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading experts on meaning, purpose, happiness, and awe.
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Dr. Keltner is a distinguished professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, and the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center, one of the most renowned research institutes in the world that studies well-being.
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He has spent over 35 years researching science-backed tools that you can use right now. You will be clear, focused, calmer, more engaged in your life, even when the world feels overwhelming.
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In this episode you’ll learn:
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-Specific lessons you can apply today that come from 35 years of happiness research
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-The quick morning practice research shows can boost your happiness and reset your day
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-The two simple questions that help you find your purpose today
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-Your most powerful core strength and how to tap into it more
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- The one thought you need to feel less overwhelmed, exhausted and reduce stress now
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-How to live a more meaningful life by remembering 2 key things about your past
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-How to feel more alive today without spending money or making a major life change
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-The one-minute awe practice Dr. Keltner recommends for anyone who is stressed, anxious, lonely or exhausted
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-Simple, science-backed ways to live a meaningful life today
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Whether you feel lost, burned out, anxious about the future, disconnected from yourself, or unsure what you are supposed to be doing with your life, this episode will help you reconnect with purpose and make you feel more alive.
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