Awestruck, Jonah Paquette
Awestruck, Jonah Paquette
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Awestruck
How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected

Author: Jonah Paquette

Narrator: Nan McNamara

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2020


Synopsis

What do you feel when you gaze up at the Milky Way, see a beautiful rainbow, or stand before a mountain that seems impossibly high? Often it's a profound sense of awe, the overwhelming feeling we experience when we encounter something vast that transcends our understanding. Awe-inspiring moments are all around us, ranging from the grand to the commonplace, and can hold a key to a happy, meaningful, and healthy life. Awestruck serves as a guide to help you tap into the powerful, life-changing benefits of awe. Beginning with a comprehensive explanation of the emotion, Jonah Paquette introduces us to the power of awe and how it can help alleviate struggles in our modern life, including stress, social isolation, and time pressure. Continuing with over sixty practices, this book provides an accessible and tangible path to bring more wonder into your everyday life. Awestruck shows us how to reclaim space for moments of reverence and ultimately find more joy and fulfillment in our lives.

About Jonah Paquette

Jonah Paquette, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, and author. A psychologist for Kaiser Permanente in the San Francisco Bay Area, he conducts group and individual psychotherapy, performs crisis evaluations, and oversees the mental health training programs across four medical centers. The author of Real Happiness and The Happiness Toolbox, his writing has been featured in outlets including MindBodyGreen, Conscious Lifestyle, and Psychotherapy Networker.

About Nan McNamara

Nan McNamara has spent over twenty years performing on stage, film, and television (including Criminal Minds) and working behind the microphone as a voice-over artist for radio/television commercials, audiobooks, and video games (including voicing “Anya” for the Gears of War franchise). Her passion is to tell good stories, regardless of the medium. An L.A. Drama Critics Award Winner and an L.A. Weekly Award Winner, she holds a BA in theatre and is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Panda

The first part of this book seemed like a scientific exercise in stating the obvious, but the book improved in the second section, which focuses on practical ideas for how people can enhance their sense of wonder and experience awe in everyday life. I enjoyed this, and appreciate how many of the aut......more

Author Jonah Paquette looks at awe---what it is, its history, why we experience awe, the reactions of our brain and body to awe, and ways to cultivate awe.......more

Goodreads review by Sophie

This was a great read! Very fast because it’s a short book but I really enjoyed the author’s writing style and that he offered a lot of practical tips on how to increase a sense of awe and wonder in your daily life—what a gift this book is!......more