Speaker 1: Pushkin, Hey, there is Maya. I'm thrilled to be back
Speaker 1: with a new season of A slight change of plans.
Speaker 1: As a cognitive scientist who studies human behavior, I'm interested
Speaker 1: in how we can do a better job of navigating change.
Speaker 1: One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that
Speaker 1: when we're in the throes of a big change, we
Speaker 1: should seek out awe inspiring experiences. So we're kicking things
Speaker 1: off with a mini series on the powerful and mysterious
Speaker 1: emotion of awe. For our first episode, I talked to
Speaker 1: a psychologist about as power to transform us.
Speaker 2: These momentary experiences of awe through their challenges to your
Speaker 2: belief system. You tend to look at the world more carefully,
Speaker 2: you tend to entertain alternative hypotheses, and those are all
Speaker 2: cognitive strategies that help us be more resilient.
Speaker 1: We also dig into a type of awe known as
Speaker 1: collective effervescence. It's the feeling we get when we experience
Speaker 1: something transcendent with other people, like at a concert, a
Speaker 1: sports game, or a political march.
Speaker 3: There's this palpable excitement that occurs where you're all there
Speaker 3: in this moment together and something magical is happening and
Speaker 3: you're a part of it. You're fully engrossed. All of
Speaker 3: your senses are being pulled into this moment, and that
Speaker 3: moment is special.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from world class violinist men kim Awe is
Speaker 1: what initially drew her to a career in music, and
Speaker 1: after she endured a tragic loss, it's what helped bring
Speaker 1: her back to life.
Speaker 4: It was almost like discovering music for the very first
Speaker 4: time again, just realizing that everything, every emotion, everythool, everything
Speaker 4: that's ever been discovered is in music.
Speaker 1: And as always, you'll hear stories from people navigating the
Speaker 1: uncertainty that comes along with change, like Sonya Vullob, who
Speaker 1: learned there's a fifty percent chance she carries a deadly
Speaker 1: genetic mutation.
Speaker 5: Everything felt scary and not knowing was taking a huge
Speaker 5: amount of energy from me. I would wake up every
Speaker 5: day flipping the coin in my head and it was
Speaker 5: like my mind did not have a place to rest,
Speaker 5: it could never rest our.
Speaker 1: Guests this season have so much wisdom to offer. I
Speaker 1: can't wait for you to hear from them. New episodes
Speaker 1: will hit your feed on Monday, October twenty third. All
Speaker 1: Episodes of A Slight Change of Plans are free and
Speaker 1: you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. See you
Speaker 1: next week.