Words That Change You

Will You Dance for Midsummer’s Night

Episode Summary

Can we learn something from cultural or other rituals?

Episode Notes

Rituals alleviate grieving for loved ones, lovers, and lotteries. (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 266-272. Norton, M.I. & Gino, F.)

Family rituals improve the holidays. (Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 1, 509-526. Sezer, O., Norton, M.I., Gino, F., & Vohs, K.D.)

Warren, Tish Harrison. Liturgy of the ordinary: Sacred practices in everyday life. InterVarsity Press, 2016.