How science can inspire ‘peak experiences’ that improve well-being

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How science can inspire ‘peak experiences’ that improve well-being

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In the middle of the last century, the psychologist Abraham Maslow set about

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the foundations of happiness. Interviewing people about their lives, he was intrigued to find that many reported having experienced rare moments of epiphany, associated with “awe… rapture, ecstasy or bliss” in which “all separateness or distance from the world disappeared”.

Those feelings were often accompanied by a sense of great understanding, Maslow said – “the feeling that they had seen the ultimate truth, the essence of things”. He

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, and subsequent research confirms these moments can contribute to long-term well-being. Whether we…

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