25. The Science & Practice of Everyday Awe with Dr. Dacher Keltner

In this enlightening episode of the Teacher Fan Club, co-hosts Dana Fulwiler Volk and Elizabeth Tingle welcome Dr. Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s foremost emotion scientists and the founding Director of the Greater Good Science Center. Dr. Keltner is a distinguished psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley and has consulted for Google, Apple, and Pinterest on emotion and wellbeing. He was also the scientific advisor behind Pixar’s Inside Out. With an inspiring career that spans over 200 scientific publications and six books, including his lastest, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, Dr. Keltner has revolutionized our understanding of emotions and their impact on wellbeing and social connection.

In this episode, we dive into Dr. Keltner’s latest work on awe and explore the eight wonders of life and their transformative effects on our everyday lives, relationships, and even our educational approaches. Learn opportunities to trigger awe in your daily life and classroom, and reflect on your own transformative awe experiences.

Whether you’re an educator looking to inspire your students, a parent seeking to cultivate awe in your child’s life, or someone eager to embrace the beauty in every day, this conversation with renowned expert (and super teacher fan!) Dr. Dacher Keltner is bound to leave you awe-inspired and ready to explore the world with renewed wonder and appreciation.

**FYI – this episode has a sound distortion, off and on, until about 13:00. We did our best to fix it and minimize the distraction! Thanks in advance for your patience – and please know it doesn’t last :).

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Show Notes

• Dacher’s website: dacherkeltner.com

• Dacher’s books:
  • AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it can Transform your Life
  • The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
  • Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
  • The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness

• The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC): Science-based insights for a meaningful life
  • GGSC Awe Resources: What is it, why practice it, and how do I cultivate it?

• Greater Good in Education: Science-based practices for kinder, happier schools
  • Awe resources for adult wellbeing
  • Awe resources for student wellbeing

• GGSC Online Course for Educators | Awe in Education: Creating Learning Environments that Inspire, Motivate, and Heal

• GGSC’s podcast, The Science of Happiness, hosted by Dacher Keltner!