Try this one practice to reframe work stress when you most need it

Have you ever had a moment where the world fell quiet—not because everything stopped, but because you did? You catch your breath, your shoulders drop, and whatever’s been gnawing at you seems insignificant. That feeling has a name: awe. In a work culture that treats exhaustion as a status symbol, awe might be a small but radical way of coping with chronic stress. And the best thing is, awe doesn’t require a big overseas trip, or a 180-degree lifestyle overhaul. The emotion that resizes your life Researchers at the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California, Berkeley, describe awe as “the feeling we get in the presence of something vast that challenges our understanding of the world.” That sense of vastness is key. It might be physical, like a wide, orange sunset, or human, like watching someone perform their craft so well it takes your breath away. Awe does two things. First, it stretches your mental map: Your usual means of fathoming scale, control, and importance disappear. Second, it shifts you into what psychologists call the “small self”: your ego softens, self‑focus drops, and you feel like you’re experiencing something that’s bigger than yourself. Micro-awe…