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Podcast: 10% Happier with Dan Harris
Episode: Modern Life Numbs You. Here's The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot
Description: New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- It's so easy, especially these days, to numb out. To get bored. To move through life on autopilot. There is even a scientific term for this: habituation. Today we're talking to a researcher who co-authored a new book about the neuroscience of habit and how to wake up again. To make things exciting. Or as she says, to "re-sparkle". Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and M...