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E22 - Dr. Daniel Siegel: The Nature of Self, Identity & Belonging

Know Thyself

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Integrity Is the Base of Well-Being

When you honor differences and promote linkages, we're just going to name that integration. Even math doesn't have a name for that. Math does say that this process of balancing differentiation on the one hand and linkage on the other leads to what's called optimal self-organization. So harmony and health and well-being seem to arise when you can do that. A study in 2015 by Smith and colleagues showed that an integrated brain is the best predictor of well-being.

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