{"id":57874,"date":"2019-02-21T20:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=57874"},"modified":"2019-02-21T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:21:48","slug":"why-scientists-say-experiencing-awe-can-help-you-live-your-best-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2019\/02\/21\/why-scientists-say-experiencing-awe-can-help-you-live-your-best-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Why scientists say experiencing awe can help you live your best life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve felt it standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Maybe it happens when you think about the vastness of space or glance up at the sky and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/how-see-biggest-brightest-supermoon-2019-ncna972311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marvel at a supermoon<\/a>. Or maybe you feel it when you see someone offer up a seat on a crowded train to another individual they\u2019ve never met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emotion is awe. And, psychologists say it can play an important role in bolstering happiness, health and our social interactions \u2014 and it may have actually long played a role in how and why humans get along and ultimately cooperate with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople feeling awe focus more of their attention outward and value others more in social interactions,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/psychology\/faculty-staff\/stellar-jennifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Stellar, PhD<\/a>, assistant professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto, tells NBC News BETTER. (Stellar has also studied the effect of awe on the body\u2019s immune system. More on that below.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Full Story&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/good-news\/why-scientists-say-experiencing-awe-can-help-you-live-your-best-life\/ar-BBTPigC\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you\u2019ve felt it standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Maybe it happens when you think about the vastness of space or glance up at the sky and&nbsp;marvel at a supermoon. Or maybe you feel it when you see someone offer up a seat on a crowded train to another individual they\u2019ve never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}