You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 14.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit

from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink

and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools

to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.

Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.

Hey guys, how are you doing? How was your weekend? Did you have fun?

Let me tell you, I had fun this past weekend.

My husband and I went to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It's our local science museum

and they have an exhibit there called the tactile dome.

It's this large geodesic dome and inside the dome is a maze and you have to make your way through the maze.

But here's the catch. It is totally dark inside. I mean, pitch black.

You cannot even see your hand in front of your face. You can't see anything at all.

It's a level of darkness that really most of us rarely get to experience anymore

because there is so much artificial light in our night.

So we're in this maze. It's pitch black. The only way you can figure out which way you should go

and where you should go, where you should turn, whether you should crawl or stand or slide

is by using your sense of touch. That's why it's called the tactile dome.

Our sense of touch is incredibly sensitive yet often it's really underused

because so many of us are used to relying on visual evidence and memories

and our environment around us that we can see to interpret the world.

Okay, so the tactile dome is crazy and I loved it.

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