Coaching practices for Awe Walks and the Science of Wonder During a Big Change

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• I walk every day but it’s either head-down exercise or me chewing on my problems the whole way, and I get back having noticed nothing
• I keep thinking wonder is something that only happens at a mountain or a grand canyon, so I save it for some trip I never take
• I go for walks but I spend the whole time lost in my own head
• I’m so trapped in my own head, looping on the same small worries, that even when I’m outside I barely see anything
• When something strikes me as beautiful I almost always keep it to myself, even with someone right beside me

Practices that may help

1. Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
   An awe walk is an ordinary walk taken with attention deliberately turned outward toward things vast or wondrous — sky, scale, intricacy, beauty. Doing so reliably shrinks self-focus and lifts mood in controlled studies; the effects are real but modest and depend on actually directing attention outward rather than walking lost in thought.
2. The awe walk
   Take a regular walk with attention deliberately turned outward toward the vast and the wondrous.
   Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
3. Micro-awe in the ordinary
   Find wonder in small, intricate things when you cannot get to a grand vista.
   Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
4. Take a weekly awe walk
   Walk with the explicit intention of seeking something vast or wondrous — shifting your attention outward rather than inward.
   Awe and Well-Being, Made Practical
5. Design awe walks that amplify the psychological return of outdoor movement
   Walking with intentional attention to vast, novel, or beautiful elements generates awe — which compounds the mood benefits of movement.
   Nature and Movement, Made Practical
6. Sharing awe with others
   Experience and talk about wonder together to deepen both the awe and the bond.
   Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
7. Build a personal catalog of micro-awe triggers
   Identify the small, reliable stimuli in your everyday environment that reliably produce a mild sense of wonder — and use them deliberately.
   Awe and Well-Being, Made Practical
8. Stargazing and the vastness of scale
   Look up at a dark night sky and let the sheer scale do the work.
   Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
9. Courting the small self
   Seek experiences that make you feel small in a good way — and notice the relief in it.
   Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder
10. Seek out awe as a broadening and self-transcending emotion
    Awe expands perceived time, reduces self-focused thought, and increases prosocial behavior — and it can be deliberately accessed.
    Broaden-and-Build, Made Practical

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