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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    An Awe-Inspiring Health Boost

    Taking a more Zen approach to life can help with depression, as we just heard. It can also help with diseases like cancer and heart disease, according to new research. In addition to mindfulness, cultivating the emotion of awe can also enhance good health. What is awe, and why does it work such magic?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 21, 2015 • 1 min read

    Taking a more Zen approach to life can help with depression, as we just heard. It can also help with diseases like cancer and heart disease, according to new research. In addition to mindfulness, cultivating the emotion of awe can also enhance good health. What is awe, and why does it work such magic? We hear from a co-author of a new study on the benefits of awe.

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    South L.A. to SOLA, Boosting Health With Mindfulness and Awe, LACMA at 50
    1. 0:00South Los Angeles or “SOLA?”
    2. 7:10A History of L.A. Neighborhood Name Changes
    3. 14:31Mindfulness for Depression
    4. 23:02An Awe-Inspiring Health BoostYou’re reading this
    5. 36:47LACMA Turns 50
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Dacher Keltner

      University of California, Berkeley

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    South L.A. to SOLA, Boosting Health With Mindfulness and Awe, LACMA at 50
    1. 0:00South Los Angeles or “SOLA?”
    2. 7:10A History of L.A. Neighborhood Name Changes
    3. 14:31Mindfulness for Depression
    4. 23:02An Awe-Inspiring Health BoostYou’re reading this
    5. 36:47LACMA Turns 50
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