Happiness Break: How Poetry Helps Us Feel and Heal

What happens in your brain when you read or write a poem? We listen to powerful poetry from you, our listeners, and uncover the neuroscience of why it helps us feel, process, and recover.
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Today’s Happiness Break Guest:
SUSAN MAGSAMEN is a Neurology professor at John Hopkins, and author of the New York Times bestseller, Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us.
Find Susan’s book here: yourbrainonart.com
Related Happiness Break episodes:
Using Art As Medicine Series: tinyurl.com/k3mneupx
Making Space For You: tinyurl.com/yk6nfnfv
How To Awaken Your Creative Energy: tinyurl.com/4fknd8ev
Related Science of Happiness episodes:
How Art Heals Us: tinyurl.com/yc77fkzu
Our Brains on Poetry: tinyurl.com/y9r9dyzd
Are You Following Your Inner Compass: tinyurl.com/y2bh8vvj
Follow us on Instagram: @ScienceOfHappinessPod (instagram.com/scienceofhappinesspod)We’d love to hear about your experience with this practice! Share your thoughts at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or use the hashtag #happinesspod.
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