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Happiness Break: Visualizing Your Purpose, with Dacher Keltner

Published: April 6, 2023, 10 a.m.

Finding a greater sense of purpose can help us achieve our goals and strengthen our relationships. Dacher leads a meditation to find purpose by imagining a better world.

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Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3u7njv3a

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How to Do This Practice:

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  1. Find a comfortable place to do this practice. Once you feel ready, relax your shoulders and close your eyes. Focus on your breathing, and take a few slow, deep breaths.

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  2. Think about the world around you. If you could change one thing in society, what would it be?

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  3. Imagine this ideal world. Visualize it manifesting before you. Notice what you see and how you feel in as much detail as possible.

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  4. Is there anything that you can do to make this a reality? It can be anything, no matter how small. Think of some manageable steps you can take to get a little closer to what you\u2019ve imagined.

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  5. Return your focus to your breathing to close out this practice.

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  6. If you have the time, jot down your thoughts and goals.

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Today\u2019s Happiness Break host:

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Dacher Keltner is the host of the Greater Good Science Center\u2019s award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness and is a co-instructor of the GGSC\u2019s popular online course of the same name. He\u2019s also the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Check out Dacher\u2019s most recent book, *Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life: *<https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt\\](https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt)

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Find the full practice at our Greater Good in Action website:

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https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/magic_wand

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More resources from The Greater Good Science Center:

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How to Find Purpose in Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/yc4dd5ff

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Living with Purpose Changes Everything: https://tinyurl.com/m28uvsjn

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The Purpose Challenge: https://tinyurl.com/53zykj8a

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How Strong is Your Sense of Purpose in Life? https://tinyurl.com/2r3yr3hr

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Purpose in Life Quiz: https://tinyurl.com/mrxys77h

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We love hearing from you! Tell us about your experience of finding purpose. Email us at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or use the hashtag #happinesspod.

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Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap

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We're living through a mental health crisis. Between the stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout \u2014 we all could use a break to feel better. That's where Happiness Break comes in. In each biweekly podcast episode, instructors guide you through research-backed practices and meditations that you can do in real-time. These relaxing and uplifting practices have been shown in a lab to help you cultivate calm, compassion, connection, mindfulness, and more \u2014 what the latest science says will directly support your well-being. All in less than ten minutes. A little break in your day.