Coaching practices for Awe Walks and the Science of Wonder with My Partner

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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 go for walks but I spend the whole time lost in my own head
• When something strikes me as beautiful I almost always keep it to myself, even with someone right beside me
• 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’m so trapped in my own head, looping on the same small worries, that even when I’m outside I barely see anything

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. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
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. Step-breath synchronization
   Match the pace of your steps to the rhythm of your breath — so many steps per inhale, so many per exhale.
   Walking Meditation, Made Practical
9. Walking meetings and conversations
   Move one-on-ones and brainstorms onto a walk instead of a table.
   Walking for Creativity
10. 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

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