952: How Wonder Eliminates Stress and Improves Wellbeing with Monica Parker

Monica Parker discusses the surprising benefits of wonder—and shares easy ways to experience more of it in your life.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How wonder helps us at work  2) Easy ways to experience more wonder  3) How society discourages wonder—and how to overcome that  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep952 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT MONICA —  A world-renowned speaker, writer, and authority on the future of work, Monica Parker has spent decades helping people discover how to lead and live wonderfully. The founder of global human analytics and change consultancy HATCH, whose clients include blue-chip companies such as LinkedIn, Google, Prudential, and LEGO, Parker challenges corporate systems to advocate for more meaningful work lives. In addition to her extensive advocacy work, she has been an opera singer, a museum exhibition designer, and a homicide investigator defending death-row inmates. A lover of the arts, literature, and Mexican food, Parker and her family split their time between Atlanta, London, and Nice. Her wonderbringers include travel, fellowship with friends, and Trey Anastasio’s guitar. • Book: "The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead"  • Website: Monica-Parker.com  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Study: “A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind” by Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert  • Book: “Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Steve Callahan”  • Book: "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole" by Susan Cain  • Book: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe  • Past episode: 775: Susan Cain Uncovers the Surprising and Uplifting Power of Sorrow and Longing  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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