This clip from Gabor Maté M.D. is beautiful and succinct. It's especially timely given this clip on Viktor Frankl and our society’s inability to meet our psychological need for meaning.
In this video, Gabor makes a simple case. We are bio-psycho-social-spiritual beings with critical needs...
Meaning
Contact
Community
Acceptance
Authenticity
If these needs aren't met, there is pathology like the ones we're seeing emerge en masse in society.
It is only in the last few years that I'm able to appreciate the profundity of Maté's words...
I Thought I Was Going To Die
I spent my 20s chasing goals that I thought would make me happy.
Building a big company. Winning awards. Traveling, etc.
We ended up building a social-impact company with $1M+ in revenue. I was recognized as an Inc. 30 under 30 and BusinessWeek 25 under 25 entrepreneur. We did events at the White House and United Nations.
At the same time, I was constantly stressed and not taking care of myself.
I realized something needed to change on a 10-…
