The Importance of Feeling Valued and Adding Value

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This chapter explores the concept of feeling valued and the importance of both receiving recognition and adding value in order to truly feel like one matters. The speaker discusses the risk of inauthenticity in validation and emphasizes the responsibility of individuals to contribute and create fairness in order to experience wellness and happiness.

What if mattering could be the key to living your best life? Psychologist Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky joins us to unpack the profound human need for mattering.

Isaac explains the two components of mattering—feeling valued and adding value. Discover how cultivating mattering through fairness, purpose, and small generous acts can transform health, happiness, work, and relationships. Learn why extremism rises when mattering is lacking, and how finding meaning by contributing to something bigger than yourself is the antidote. Get Isaac’s practical tips for taking responsibility to add value, listen generously, and promote wellness in yourself and society.

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