Once upon a time there was a girl who got pink-eye and went to the Met. Author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project, Happier with Gretchen Rubin) joins Kelly to talk about how a visit to her eye doctor inspired her to start engaging with her five senses like never before. Gretchen’s intriguing new book Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me out of my Head and Into the World is available 4/18/23. Special thanks to Dean Kattari for the wonderful new show open/theme music debuting in today’s episode.

“Music so readily transports us from the present to the past, or from what is actual to what is possible.”

Tired of cringe-inducing icebreakers? We asked professional facilitators to share the virtual icebreakers they actually use to kick off their remote workshops.

Humility and curiosity can encourage students to be passionate about learning and open to others’ perspectives.

I’m throwing in my lot with the poets and painters, the novelists and songwriters. h/t Frank Maccia via Sandie Morgan