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Why You Need to Cultivate Your Sense of Wonder—Especially Now

By David P. Fessell and Karen Reivich

More than ever we need ways to refresh our energies, calm our anxieties, and nurture our well-being. One potentially powerful intervention is rarely talked about in the workplace: The cultivation of experiences of awe.1 Like gratitude and curiosity, awe can leave us feeling inspired and energized. It’s another tool in your tool kit, and it’s now attracting increased attention due to more rigorous research.

As a physician and a psychologist, we’ve facilitated hundreds of resilience and well-being workshops, both before and during Covid, for the military, physicians, educators, law enforcement, and the business world. Helping participants to explore, ...

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