Dr. Lynn Hellerstein of Vision Beyond Sight speaks with Dr. Michael Amster, Pain Management Specialist, Awe Researcher and author, to talk about the healing power behind the simple practice of awe, a small word with a big impact. What is awe and how can we experience it to change ourselves? Allow Michael to teach you how to do the easy and inspiring A.W.E. Method, and find awe in ordinary times of your life. Learn how awe helps with pain management, people with long COVID and neurological symptoms, and even lowering inflammation around the body, all backed by research! By practicing awe daily, you will discover about living life in radical amazement and seeing things with childlike wonder. At the end of the episode, find out how to get in touch with Michael and grab a free A.W.E. guide and journal. Awe is contagious. Make a difference not just in your life but in others as well. Be awe-mazed!
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- How do researchers define awe?
- We can experience awe in ordinary times of our life
- How Michael got involved in the research of awe
- The 21-day program of bringing awe into people’s lives
- Difference between positive awe and fear-based awe
- The A.W.E. Method
- Bringing full, undivided Attention to something amazing
- Waiting with a simple pause
- Exhaling out to reset, come back to the present moment and slow down
- Letting the moment expand the energy inside of you
- Sample application of the A.W.E. Method
- Dose response with awe in pain management
- From temporary state to a personal trait
- The patient with the “awe wall”
- Awe for people with long COVID and neurological symptoms
- Awe for lowering inflammation on a widespread level around the body
- How to do habit stacking
- Michael's book, The Power of Awe
- How awe goes beyond personal transformation
About Dr. Michael Amster:
Michael Amster, MD, is a physician and awe researcher, writer, and teacher at the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. With twenty years as a pain management specialist, he is currently the founding director of the pain management department at Santa Cruz Community Health. A practitioner of meditation for over thirty years, he is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher. He splits his time between clinical work, research on awe, teaching mindfulness, and leading awe-inspiring retreats around the world.
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Free Download: The A.W.E. Method Guide & Journal. This e-book introduces you to The Power of Awe, a simple, evidence-based practice that only takes a few seconds. Sign up here: www.thepowerofawe.com.
Join the upcoming New Year in Awe Retreat in Mexico January 10-17, 2026 here: www.thepowerofawe.com/retreat.
“What our book is about, The Power of Awe, is that we have come up with a methodology, that is now backed by significant science, that we can experience very profound moments of awe in the ordinary times in our lives. We don’t have to go to the Grand Canyon. We don’t have to go to an amazing rock concert to get awe-inspired and fired up. We can actually have a moment of awe walking our dog just simply down the street. It could be the same walk you do twice a day every day of your life, but you can actually find awe in the very ordinary moments of our days.” – Dr. Michael Amster
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Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Developmental Optometrist, previous co-owner of Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, P.C., award-winning author and international speaker, holds powerful and inspiring conversations with her guests in the areas of health, wellness, education, sports and psychology. They share their inspirational stories of healing and transformation through their vision expansion. Vision Beyond Sight Podcast will help you see with clarity, gain courage and confidence. Welcome to Vision Beyond Sight!
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