Springtime in admissionsland has a way of pulling us out of ourselves and making us more human doings than human beings.
In this opening episode of a special ALP miniseries—Coming Back to Ourselves—Ken is joined by mindfulness teacher (and former Lawrence statistics professor) Joy Jordan to explore a different way of moving through this season.
Together, they talk about:
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00:00 – Opening + framing the series
02:00 – The phrase that launched this miniseries: “microdosing awe”
03:15 – Joy’s path: statistics → mindfulness
06:10 – The moment of truth
08:45 – What she actually teaches (and always has)
09:30 – What mindfulness really is
11:00 – The power of three breaths
12:00 – Practical micro-practices
15:00 – The hardest place to practice: with other people
16:30 – The deeper truth
18:45 – Practice outside the moment
20:30 – The trap: hustling your own well-being
25:00 – How Ken's panic moment can model vulnerability
27:00 – Reframing nerves as excitement
28:15 – For the skeptics: the science is clear
29:30 – Awe as a practice
31:00 – Ways to microdose awe
33:25 – Dacher Keltner's work Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
34:30 – You are enough
The ALP is supported by Human Capital Education. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment
