Awakening Awe Resource Page
January 7: Why awe is so good
January 8: Moral Beauty
Journal prompts
Think of a time when you were awed by someone's courage, kindness, strength, or overcoming. Write in detail about this experience.
Who was there?
What happened?
How did you feel?
Videos
January 10: Look for ordinary moral beauty
January 11: Embrace connection
January 12: Collective effervescence
Videos:
Journal prompts
Reflect on times throughout your life when you felt collective effervescence.
Make a list of experiences
How did you feel?
What factors were present to create these feelings?
How might you step into collective effervescence again?
January 13: Schedule some effervescence
January 14: Awe in nature
Videos of inspiration
The Planet Earth from the International Space Station (1 minute)
Time-Lapse of Alaska's Northern Lights (3 minutes)
Coral Reefs and Sea Life (2.5 minutes)
Starling Murmuration from National Geographic (2 minutes)
January 15: Ordinary awe in nature
January 16: Starling Murmurations
January 17: Take a wonder walk
January 18: The power of music
Listen to a meditation…
Then write…
What songs pleasantly remind you of your youth?
What movie scores spoke to you?
What musicals inspire you?
What songs make you dance?
What songs do you listen to when you're sad?
Keep a running list of songs or musical pieces that you enjoy.
Each day, choose a song or musical piece to listen to without distractions. Lie on the couch and listen. Focus on the music. Notice how it makes you feel.
January 19: Our interactions matter
Journal prompt
Recall a time in your life when an interaction changed you. When someone's kindness, understanding, creativity, strength, or honesty impacted you deeply. Write about the experience in detail.
January 20: Musical effervescence
Inspiration video
Artistic Body Percussion & Bucket Rhythms
Body percussion instruction
Keith Terry on the Happiness Break podcast
(Forward to minute 3 to do the practice.)
January 21: Peace + reflection
Journal prompts
Reflect on moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, and music. How and where did you experience awe this week? (List everything, big or small)
What blocks you from awe?
What opens you to awe?
What is a small, doable awe practice that works for you?
Videos
January 22: Distinguishing factors of awe
Inspiring video
January 23: Visual design
January 24: Religion and spirituality
Writing prompts
Where do you experience religion or spirituality?
Do you feel seen and heard in these places? Do you feel fulfilled?
Is there a new spiritual experience that you want to try?
January 25: Birth and death
January 26: Epiphanies
January 27: Open to Joy
January 29: Space for reflection
Journal prompts
Have you noticed changes within yourself these last three weeks? If so, what are they?
Overall, how do you feel? What's going well?
Make a list of your favorite awe practices.
Is there an interesting awe practice that you didn't have time for? (If so, return to it this weekend.)
Video
January 30: Facing fear
Journal prompts
Think of something you're avoiding because it scares you (e.g., setting a boundary, making a creative leap, having a hard conversation, expressing yourself honestly). Write about it in detail.
How does this feel in your body? Are there similar feelings to awe?
Write down 1-3 small, doable steps you can take to face this fear. How can you empower yourself?
January 31: Moving forward with awe
Journal prompts
Where is awe most accessible for you?
What times of day are best for you?
What small, doable practices will you continue?
Based on these reflections, write down an intention. (Keep this intention in plain sight.)
Video
pause and let yourself be amazed.