Happiness Break: How Poetry Helps Us Feel and Heal

快乐小憩:诗歌如何帮助我们感受与疗愈

The Science of Happiness

2026-03-31

14 分钟
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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. Scroll down for a transcription of this episode.  Today’s Happiness Break Guest: DR. 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: https://www.yourbrainonart.com/ Related Happiness Break episodes: Using Art As Medicine Series: https://tinyurl.com/k3mneupx Making Space For You: https://tinyurl.com/yk6nfnfv How To Awaken Your Creative Energy: https://tinyurl.com/4fknd8ev Related Science of Happiness episodes: How Art Heals Us: https://tinyurl.com/yc77fkzu Our Brains on Poetry: https://tinyurl.com/y9r9dyzd Are You Following Your Inner Compass: https://tinyurl.com/y2bh8vvj Follow us on Instagram: @ScienceOfHappinessPodWe’d love to hear about your experience with this practice! Share your thoughts at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or use the hashtag #happinesspod. Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap Transcription: https://tinyurl.com/43p9jtny
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  • We all have bad days and sometimes bad weeks and maybe even bad years.

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  • I'm comedian Chris Duffy, host of Ted's How to Be a Better Human podcast.

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  • Welcome to the Science of Happiness.

  • I'm Dacher Keltner.

  • April is National Poetry Month.

  • And to celebrate, we have a special episode for you.

  • When we did a series on art as medicine, we spoke with award-winning poet Yursa Daley Ward and put out a call to you

  • to write and share your poetry with us.

  • And we receive poems from all over the world.

  • The other day, I wrote this poem for a little bird.

  • I'd like to share it with you.

  • This morning, before I see you, I hear you're drumming.

  • Sporadic staccato, deep and hollow, such a big echoing sound from such a small feathered one just pecking wood.

  • Today, we're going to hear and reflect on some of the poetry.