Microdosing Awe In Our Everyday Life

In this 2023 interview with Justine Willis Toms, psychotherapist Jake Eagle and physician Michael Amster explore the emotion of awe and how we can receive its powerful benefits in our everyday life. They tell us awe gives us a break from processing and judging unwanted events, and gives us the capacity to see through them. We can access the larger picture without traveling to the Grand Canyon or overlooking Niagara Falls; it’s available to us in our everyday life and we can tap into it with the A.W.E. Method that only takes 5 to 15 seconds. Eagle says, “Awe is a lightning bolt of clarity that can happen very fast and can be transformative, resetting our nervous system.” Amster adds: “Learning how to have awe in the ordinary is opening up the field to be fully present with what is. Every time I dose on that I feel like there’s more awe to be found. It's peeling off layers. Eagle and Amster are co-authors of The Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose-In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day (Hachette Books 2023) Interview Date: 3/3/2023 Tags: Jake Eagle, Michael Amster, awe, microdosing mindfulness, attention, David Elkins, Dacher Keltner, depression, timelessness, pro-social experience, Viktor Frankl, loss, grief, safety, gratitude, spaciousness, wonder, microdose awe, beauty, Personal Transformation, Meditation, Health & Healing