This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the love, happiness, and success podcast.

What does it mean to be emotionally mature? And why does it matter? How can you recognize emotional

maturity in others and, most importantly, how can you cultivate it in yourself? That's what we're

talking about on today's show.

One man's pigeon is another man's duck. One man's push is another man's shove. One man's rock is another man's sand. One man's fist is another man's hand.

One man's tool is another man's talk. I chose to feature this artist, Mick Harvey, on today's show about emotional maturity,

because I believe he has a great deal of insight into this subject and really kind of exemplifies someone who has explored many facets of the human experience

and the nuances of people's emotional reality in a very insightful and empathetic way

that kind of exemplifies what we're talking about today.

So this is his song, Hank Williams said it best, but this is a prolific artist who has many, many things to say. He is a novelist, a poet, a painter. I don't know if he actually is a novelist poet or painter, but he brings that kind of depth and energy to his

songs and albums. And I encourage you to check out all of his stuff. Mick Harvey won,

the number one, bandcamp.com. I'm so excited for today's episode because today we are talking

about such an important topic and I think something that we all aspire to,

which is emotional maturity. Emotional maturity is really at the foundation of so many of the ideas

we're exploring on this podcast, and it's at the root of so much personal growth work. If you haven't yet heard about

just the concept of emotional maturity, here's a way of understanding it. You know,

somebody who is emotionally mature has reached, I think, like a certain stage of growth in terms

of their self-awareness, their empathy, their understanding for themselves,

but also for others, and has developed ways of being that help them manage big feelings,

kind of ride the ups and downs, the waves of life, and also, I think, manage their relationships

with others pretty skillfully.

You know, we talk a lot about emotional intelligence on this podcast, but truly at the end

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