{"id":71380,"date":"2017-07-30T12:04:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/awesome-awe-the-emotion-that-gives-us-superpowers"},"modified":"2017-07-30T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:04:37","slug":"awesome-awe-the-emotion-that-gives-us-superpowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/awesome-awe-the-emotion-that-gives-us-superpowers","title":{"rendered":"Awesome awe: The emotion that gives us superpowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/awesome-awe-the-emotion-that-gives-us-superpowers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awe is so powerful it alters your sense of self, connects you with humanity and boosts your mind and body. And there\u2019s a surprising way to get more of it.<\/p>\n<p>By Jo Marchant<\/p>\n<p>HAVE you ever been stopped in your tracks by a stunning view, or gobsmacked by the vastness of the night sky? Have you been transported by soaring music, a grand scientific theory or a charismatic person? If so, you will understand US novelist John Steinbeck\u2019s response to California\u2019s giant redwood trees, which can soar more than a hundred metres towards the sky. \u201c[They] leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFrom them comes silence and awe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23531360-400-awesome-awe-the-emotion-that-gives-us-superpowers\/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1501253056\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23531360&#45;400-awes...1501253056<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awe is so powerful it alters your sense of self, connects you with humanity and boosts your mind and body. And there\u2019s a surprising way to get more of it. By Jo Marchant HAVE you ever been stopped in your tracks by a stunning view, or gobsmacked by the vastness of the night sky? Have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}