Episode 71: Wake Up Your Sense of Wonder & Find Your Joy with Andrea Scher
Welcome to 2022! We are at the very beginning of a brand new year and I just love a fresh start and looking forward to all the good things that are just waiting to be created and experienced. It’s gonna be a good year and we are getting it started today with a bang with a knock out episode that I have been dying to get out to you.
I’m so excited to introduce you to Andrea Scher. She is the author of the book Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake Up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy and you seriously need to get your hands on this book, like NOW! I mean, first listen in to this episode, but then…..run and go get it. I read it in like 2 days and completely devoured every word and then immediately booked her to be on the show.
In this episode:
About Andrea: a writer, artist and life coach whose work is driven by her belief in the transformative power of wonder for creativity and wellbeing. For nearly two decades, through her award-winning blog Superhero Journal, her international workshops, her Creative Superheroes podcast, and bestselling e-courses, she has thrilled others with their own power to find magic all around them.
What is a Wonder Seeker:
1. Someone who actively looks for things that delight them.
2. A person who is curious and inspired, vibrant and open-hearted.
How Wonder helps: calm our anxiety and keep us grounded and present.
Using Wonder as a mindfulness practice. Mindfulness and meditation can be intimidating, using moments of wonder can help you lean into mindfulness without feeling overwhelmed or intimidated.
What are Moments of Wonder: “where time is suspended and your heart opens and your breath catches and in the moment you are saying wow, you are feeling a connection, and it’s a beautiful moment.
Wonder Spotting: a version of a noticing practice. Actively choosing to look for a spot things of wonder.
Do kids experience wonder more easily than adults?
What are your first memories of wonder?
Learning and connecting to others by exploring what sparks wonder in them: each of us has things that intrigue us or cause us to wonder. For one it might be the vastness of the universe, for another it could be technology, for someone else it could be the amazing capacity of the human body….and so on. It can be so neat to connect to others by way of wonder.
Be a source of Wonder and not just a viewer of wonder: You can create magic and wonder in the everyday. You can create an intention to not only seek it out, but to create it and help others to experience everyday wonder and magic.
I told ya, this conversation was a pure delight and I just love how this podcast has enabled me to connect with some of the most amazing and beautiful humans. Below is a list of helpful links and other things we mentioned today.
Links and other helpful things
mentioned in today’s episode:
Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake Up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy
Learn more about Andrea and everything she offers here
Connect with Andrea on Instagram
Listen to Andrea’s Podcast: The Creative Superheros Podcast