The Power Of A.W.E. With Jake Eagle

On September 11, 2023 I spoke with researcher and therapist Jake Eagle about his background, work & transitions, various research & studies, transcending our everyday reality, better connections due to the prosocial emotion of awe, (the lessening of) external validation, the awe of nature, the positive & negative notions & fear and wonder of awe, sensorial awe, conceptional awe, interconnected awe, awe’s energized & play-like state that can release tension, how awe works physiologically via cytokines & inflammation reduction, awe spectrums ranging from numb to grandiose, how even though meditation practice provides more benefits the a.w.e. technique is considered a shortcut to transcendence via elevating consciousness by going from safety consciousness through heart consciousness to spacious consciousness, calming the nervous system & changing perspective, perception language, praise & blame, how to do the technique of A.W.E. [Attention, Wait, Exhale / Expand], polyvagal theory, etc.