ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Ken Anselment hosts a series of one-on-one conversations with people who have been climbing the leadership mountain in the world of college admissions. Some are nearing the summit. Some are already there. But how did they get there? And what can other climbers learn from their mindsets, habits, and experiences? © Ken Anselment 2024
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Coming Back to Ourselves: Microdosing Awe with Joy Jordan
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Springtime in admissionsland has a way of pulling us out of ourselves and making us more human doings than human beings.
In this opening episode of a special ALP miniseries—Coming Back to Ourselves—Ken is joined by mindfulness teacher (and former Lawrence statistics professor) Joy Jordan to explore a different way of moving through this season.
Together, they talk about:
- the idea of “microdosing awe”
- why mindfulness doesn’t require more time—just more noticing
- how small pauses can restore perspective, agency, and clarity
- and what it really means to “come home” to yourself
Highly recommend checking out Joy's website: bornjoy.com and signing up for her free Pocket Pause
00:00 – Opening + framing the series
02:00 – The phrase that launched this miniseries: “microdosing awe”
03:15 – Joy’s path: statistics → mindfulness
06:10 – The moment of truth
08:45 – What she actually teaches (and always has)
09:30 – What mindfulness really is
11:00 – The power of three breaths
12:00 – Practical micro-practices
15:00 – The hardest place to practice: with other people
16:30 – The deeper truth
18:45 – Practice outside the moment
20:30 – The trap: hustling your own well-being
25:00 – How Ken's panic moment can model vulnerability
27:00 – Reframing nerves as excitement
28:15 – For the skeptics: the science is clear
29:30 – Awe as a practice
31:00 – Ways to microdose awe
33:25 – Dacher Keltner's work Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
34:30 – You are enough
The ALP is supported by Human Capital Education. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment