One of the simplest ways to feel less stressed may cost nothing: on days people experience more awe — the vast, the beautiful, the larger-than-us — they report less stress, and ‘awe walks’ seem to lift compassion too
We are writers and editors, not clinicians, psychologists, or therapists. What follows is our reading of published research, not advice. The studies here are mostly observational or small, and a pattern across a group of people is not a prescription for any one reader’s life. Whe…