Social Psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner on Emotions, Awe, Power

Dacher Keltner is a social psychologist who focuses on the prosocial emotions, such as love, sympathy and gratitude, and processes such as teasing and flirtation that enhance bonds. He is Co-Director of The Greater Good Science Center and the author of Born to Be Good. In This Episode:

-Parents enabling to him search for what he loved

-The cost of a passionate life

-Utilizing your imagination to tackle anxiety by constructing alternatives

-Being overwhelmed with panic attacks that exhausted him

-Strategies for controlling emotions through breathing

-The difference between feelings, emotions, and sensations

-The 15 basic themes in life that matter to us

-Showing compassion in the right context

-How people acquire power

-The problems that arise once people obtain heightened power

-Key signs that power has corrupted someone

-Helping on the movie “Inside-Out”

-The pathways to happiness + joy: compassion, awe, and gratitude

-The tensions between compassion and power

-Understanding when exerting tough compassion is necessary

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