1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: tip is to indulge your neglected sense. If you are 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: less likely to notice and rely on one of your 5 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: five senses, you can become more mindful of the world 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: by consciously creating experiences for that sense. Today's tip comes 7 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: from Gretchen Ruben's new book Life in Five Senses. Gretchen, 8 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: who is best known for the book The Happiness Project, 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: spent some time exploring seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling 10 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: to see if she could become more aware of the 11 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: world around her. Among other things, she learned about creating 12 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: pers she tried to blindfold a dinner, and she visited 13 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art hundreds of times. As 14 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: part of all of this, she developed a quiz that 15 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: helps people figure out their neglected sense. This is the 16 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: sense that you are less likely to turn to or 17 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: find ways to enjoy. I took this quiz a few 18 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: weeks ago and learned that my neglected sense is touch. 19 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure I would have guessed that, but I 20 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: guess it could be true. I often wear very drapy 21 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: clothes so I don't have to feel much of anything 22 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: a lot of the time. In any case, you can 23 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: take the neglected Sense quiz at Gretchen Reuben dot com 24 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: backslash quiz when you find out what your neglected sense is. 25 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: Gretchen suggests finding ways to explore this sense and to 26 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: create new experiences. For instance, with touching, it might mean 27 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: taking time to pet a pet, or shopping in a 28 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: brick and mortar store so you can actually feel the 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: objects rather than just look at pictures of them online. 30 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: She suggests even doing some out of the box things 31 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: like buying kinetic sand to play with. I'm not sure 32 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to do that. I don't want to vacuum 33 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: it out of my rug, but I do appreciate the idea. 34 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: In general, thinking more about our senses can help us 35 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: experience the world in new ways. For instance, I know 36 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: that scent has an incredible power to conjure up memories, 37 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: so when I'm doing something that I would like to remember, 38 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: I sometimes see if I can associate a scent with it. 39 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: I went to a hotel on a lovely vacation once 40 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: that had distinctive orange smelling soaps and shampoos. I took 41 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: a small bottle home so that when I sniffed it, 42 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: I could remember. Sound can do that too, particularly in 43 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: the case of music. If you would like to remember 44 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: an experience, play a certain song over and over in 45 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: the course of it, and you will likely be able 46 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: to conjure up the memories anytime you hear that song 47 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: in the future. What senses do you use most often 48 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: and which senses do you neglect? Take Gretchen's quiz to 49 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: find out, and then check out Life in Five Senses 50 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: to learn more about such exploration. In the meantime, this 51 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the 52 00:03:51,880 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: most of our time. 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