Searching for awe, when you've never felt it

All In The Mind

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Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever experienced the feeling of awe?

Maybe it was sparked by an awesome view, a moving artwork or witnessing the birth of a child.

Today we follow one person's attempt at finding awe when she's never felt it before.

What does awe do to us? What benefits can it offer?

If you'd like to listen to more of All in the Mind, check out our episode Does guilt have a silver lining?

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0:00.0	ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more.
0:07.3	Do me a favor. Try and remember the last time you experienced a moment of awe.
0:13.8	So maybe you came across an amazing view and you couldn't help but say, whoa.
0:19.8	Or seeing the birth of your kid, you felt stunned?
0:23.6	Or witnessing a spectacular performance, you felt overwhelmed by its beauty, or the
0:28.3	synchronicity of the orchestra.
0:31.0	Awesome, awe-inspiring, awestruck, awful.
0:34.4	We have all of these words scattered through language, inspired by this intense feeling.
0:39.2	And most of us can recall a moment of awe in our lives.
0:42.7	But Tanya Bavillaba reckons she's never experienced all, like ever.
0:47.5	That's right.
0:48.4	Yeah, I've not felt it.
0:49.8	I would like to.
0:51.3	It's not that she doesn't believe in it.
0:53.1	It exists.
0:56.2	People report having the feeling,
1:02.6	but those high water emotions like ecstasy, wonder, or feel entirely inaccessible to me.
1:10.0	Hey there, I'm Sana Khadar. This is all in the mind. And today, the benefits of awe. What does this unusual and profound feeling do to us?
1:12.7	And for those like Tanya, who are searching for more of it, what triggers it?
1:18.7	ABC science journalist Carl Smith is our awe correspondent for this episode, and he's with me here in the studio.
1:24.3	Hey, Carl.
1:24.9	Hello, Sanna.
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