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How to Use Our Senses To Connect with Others and the World with Gretchen Rubin

April 18, 2023 Leave a Comment

How to use our senses to connect with others and the world

In This Episode, We Discuss How to Use Our Senses To Connect with Others and the World and …

  • How we can learn to utilize our five senses to more deeply connect with the world
  • How the brain acts as an editor as it processes what we experience
  • Why we need to awaken our attention to experience things more deeply
  • How exploring the world through your senses to experience life more vividly and playfully.
  • How sensory experiences are a meaningful way to connect with others.
  • Keeping a “5 Senses Journal” as a useful tool as a form of appreciation
  • How to elevate everyday moments with heightened sensory awareness techniques.
  • Why sharing impactful sensory memories with others can foster deeper connections
  • Understanding how sensory environments shape behaviors and decision-making processes.

Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential observers of happiness and human nature. She’s the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Outer
Order, Inner Calm; The Four Tendencies; Better Than Before; and The Happiness Project. Her books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. She hosts the top-ranking, award-winning podcast “Happier with Gretchen Rubin,” where she explores practical solutions for living a happier life. Her latest book is Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Gretchen Rubin, check out these other episodes:

How to Find Inner Calm and Happiness with Gretchen Rubin

How to Live Skillfully with Gretchen Rubin (2020)

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