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Resilience: Coming Back to Yourself with Josh Connolly

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The Importance of Authenticity in Children

Dr. Gabon Mate says children need two core things when they're first born: attachment to their parents and authenticity. He suggests that we become a distorted version of who we are as children in order to get the love of our parents. In adulthood, curiosity will always lead to the answer, but it can also make you feel unsafe if there's an answer that makes you feel unsafe during your childhood. The next time Josh calls his 19 year old self he asks her what she would be telling him about life today.

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