So I'm really interested in how a human can have, be a harmonious unit, you know, of, because most of us walk around, fighting a civil war within ourselves.

And then we project it, we project that out onto others and other people we meet and we externalize that.

And what I'm really interested in is that kind of sense of inner wholeness and

becoming fully human. And this sailboat metaphor is, I like it because you have to integrate

all the parts. You know, you need the stability, but you also need the ability to adapt and the

ability to grow and to learn.

It's a developmental process for sure, and we're constantly having to just choose growth.

The idea of self-actualization is a level.

You know, life is not a video game, and that's what I try to emphasize.

It's not like you reach a level of needs like belonging and then some

voice from above is like, congrats, you've unlocked, connection, you know, and then you move up

to connection and you don't have to worry about, you know, belonging anymore.

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We explore the fields of neuroscience, integrative medicine,

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friend and one of the more thoughtful and heartfelt psychologist

I know, Scott Barry Kaufman.

He was a protege of Martin Seligman, the founder of Optimal Psychology at the University

of Pennsylvania.

And he has taught at Columbia, NYU, and really all around the world.

His most recent book called Transcendence actually takes pretty much the hidden or forgotten papers of Abraham Maslow.

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