191 - The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary with Harvard Professor Ronald Siegel
The Verywell Mind Podcast
I Don't Want to Be Ordinary, Right?
We're hardwired to feel like it's important to be high up in the pecking order. Social media amplifies this idea that we somehow should be more special than other people, he says. We're constantly stressed out trying to keep feeling somehow better than the average bear,. And all of this robs us from our opportunities for much more fulfilling, much more durable sources of well-being.
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