April 28, 2024 • 21 mins
- Segment 1: The Nature of Existential Crisis
- Exploring existential themes such as meaninglessness, freedom, isolation, and death anxiety
- Triggers and common experiences that lead to existential questioning and distress
- Segment 2: Psychological Impact and Coping Mechanisms
- How existential crisis manifests in psychological symptoms like anxiety, depression, and identity confusion
- Adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies individuals employ to navigate existential angst
Segment 3: Embracing Existential Resilience
- Incorporating existential principles into therapy and self-exploration for personal growth and transformation
- Finding purpose, authenticity, and connection in the face of existential uncertainty
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(00:00):
Welcome to the Behavioral Blueprint podcast where we will delve into the depths of the
(00:10):
human psyche and explore the intricacies of our existence.
I'm your host Solana and today's episode is going to be a deep dive into the topic of
our existential crisis and mental health.
Finding meaning in our uncertainty through any type of issues that we're dealing with.
So what does it mean to grapple with the feelings of meaninglessness in a seemingly chaotic
(00:34):
world and how can you even venture out with understanding your self-identity through any
type of issue like this?
My answer to that is going to be looking behind closed doors and looking behind things that
you are honestly afraid of when it comes down to where you are because the biggest thing
(00:57):
and even how I even labeled and branded this podcast was about your personal fingerprint,
your personal identity and what it means to have those feelings that you deal with because
they have to hold space and when you really do look at what meaninglessness really means
(01:18):
it shows that you don't understand or you don't have the mental connection to what has
any type of gravity or weight in your life.
The biggest part I have noticed with meaninglessness in my life when I was younger and also today
is seeing how much it has importance over my life and how much I'm able to prioritize
(01:41):
the said issue at hand because sometimes yes we do have those overwhelming things that
are bigger priorities but we also have the other hand too where it's some things that
are meaninglessness or I'm sorry there are some things that don't have meaning to us
that we truly just don't prioritize at all and then it just pits and it sits there like
(02:04):
a little ball of anxiety and that doesn't help anybody so I question again the why of
where I'm not prioritizing my feelings because again you are the most important thing in
your life so why are you not being able to take care of your feelings and also the things
that you don't think hold meaning to you.
(02:28):
How do we reconcile with our freedom and the constraints of societal norms?
As a queer person I think the answer to this is going to be kind of difficult because freedom
is really based off of somebody else's expression of what it means to them.
Freedom is also what it has to do with your form of liberation and your form of expression
(02:53):
and the constraints that of course are seen in the societal today normality all that jazz
is usually going to be seen in our governments in our politics and also in our law in our
law making and all of those things that are seen as boxes.
Reconcile and how you can grow to have your desire back for the things that you love are
(03:14):
going to come at a price and those prices are going to be the palette of the people
that are in those boxes that people don't want to see.
And I think that you honestly deserve to be able you're honestly able let me rephrase
you're honestly able to take care of yourself and not give a fuck about what anybody says
(03:38):
about you at the end of the day and if somebody has to say something about you let me know
because I'll get them for you.
Don't let anybody try to constrain and lock you into who you're supposed to be because
how does that make anybody else grow like who you are is a seed for somebody else to
grow for who they're supposed to be and if you're not yourself a hundred percent then
(04:01):
how are you supposed to help the next person and the future person and every other person
that you even encounter and that you meet with.
Isolation isolation isolation is my next thing that I want to get into.
How does isolation play a role with perception of self and others.
This is one of my favorite questions that I asked myself when I made my script.
(04:24):
How do we look at perceptions of other people and how much do we do that as a person who
really looks at understanding perceptions and how much it takes importance for other
people's perception over me and vice versa.
What does that mean to me for a long time even when I was a kid I used to really care
(04:46):
so much about what people thought about me.
I wanted to be liked I wanted to be loved I wanted to be valued and validated because
I felt like I had a lack in that when I was growing up and I wasn't validated the way
that I wanted to be and I used to really look in the wrong places for these things that
were helping me shape into who I was and it further played a part with how I even looked
(05:11):
at myself because I poured into the people that weren't needing me and how that shaped
my perception of other people is that people will use you and people will take from you
and that's not true at all because people are actually very giving and people are actually
(05:31):
very nurturing and caring and when I got into therapy I figured out that I was kind of doing
the counter opposite when I was growing up of what it means to have my perception of
other people and I had to flip it back and it's all it's not just a switch it really
takes time and dedication and how you even deal with future situations with the playing
(05:55):
a part with the perception and self of other people.
I do want to get into the role of how isolation plays that too of perceptions of other people
because I am a hermit I do hide sometimes when I deal with any type of issue and isolation
is proudly my favorite thing to do when it comes down to issues at hand and it's not
(06:24):
helpful it's not helpful at all and whenever I do hide away there's times where people
check up on me and they're like where are you at like where are you going where are
you hiding because we miss you we love you we want you to be here and I had to look at
what that meant for my friends because they need me and my family too and what it means
(06:48):
to really look into my isolation and if we plug in perception and isolation together
I usually see that perception of how you look at other people of course is never going to
be the way that they actually are in their identity of self and then also how the perception
(07:10):
of other people looking towards you is never going to be at face value of who you are and
the identity of who you are so never take it for the way that people expect you to or
even what past generations told you to look into you don't have to give a fuck about what
people tell you or what people say you're supposed to be or how you're supposed to
(07:32):
feel to yourself or how you're supposed to have any type of anything you deserve to have
whatever you want just because you are a person taking up space.
Now for the second part of this first segment it's going to be triggers and how much triggers
play a common experience in our life and how much it means to us when we are triggered
(07:56):
and how we react.
This is one of my favorite things I do talk about because I'm a person that does get triggered
and I'm also a person that responds poorly I am working on it but I do know that this
is an active routine for me to play into every day sometimes I win sometimes I just don't
have any that day I'm human but I do want to ask everyone the question of what does
(08:21):
it mean for you what does it control when it comes down to distress how does the form
of the triggers make you go into the relationships that you go into I also do want to say this
question as well and answer it as well how do you understand your triggers and your experiences
(08:42):
and how can they begin to unravel and the tangled threads of the existential crisis
is that we were talking about for me and how I understand my triggers is really going to
be through looking back at my trauma because of course those are the things that they come
from after I look at those traumas I or triggers I look at how I behave and how much my behavior
(09:07):
plays a part with the response of that other person too because they play a part you take
two to tango but what kind of gets difficult is that the face of the person that triggers
you is not going to be the original face that triggered you in the first place so how you
respond to the person that is the present trigger is going to come from the original
(09:32):
trigger and sometimes it can be very poorly sometimes it can be amazing how you respond
to your triggers but I do want to put emphasis on every person is valid with how they respond
of course there's people that aren't they make tantrums in their in their own vicinity
(09:52):
but I do not want to put judgment on those people either because they are going through
the process of understanding what it means for their triggers to be triggered sometimes
it takes that and I'm not saying that in the sense of somebody has to get traumatized enough
to be able to go through something that is life-changing for them I want to make it clear
(10:14):
that this thing or these things that people go through are somebody else's journey in
life so when you go through a set example where somebody loses a loses a loved one and
they know that this is something that is unchangeable and it can't be something that's permanent
for them they go into knowing that for the rest of their lives that they have to take
(10:39):
care of this trigger for the rest of their lives if they're a mature person and able
to identify those things at hand but of course it completely depends now that we have finished
our first subject I appreciate your amazing amazing questions and also your input I want
to thank you for joining me on this segment so far and remember amidst the chaos and confusion
(11:05):
in your life there's always going to be an opportunity for self growth and discovery
now that we're going to go on to segment two we'll examine the psychological impact of
existential crises and we'll discuss how this crisis manifests into psychological symptoms
like anxiety depression identity confusion shedding light and also the profound challenges
(11:33):
and individuals face during these periods of uncertainty additionally we'll explore
the adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies individuals employ to navigate their angst
existential angst so first anxiety is a persuasive feeling and an ease of apprehension often
(11:53):
accompanies existential crises such as individuals that grasp with uncertainties of life and
also the fear of unknown depression is characterized by feelings hopelessness and feelings of despair
it may arise in individuals that struggle to find any type of meaning or meaninglessness
and purpose in their existence additionally identity confusion a sense of uncertainty
(12:18):
or disconnection from one's senses of self and can further exuberate the psychological
distresses experienced by existential crises but amidst these challenges there are coping
mechanisms and individuals that employ to navigate these existential issues some may
(12:38):
turn to adaptive strategies like seeking support from the loved ones like I said before engaging
into into introspective practices like meditation journaling and finding solace and creative
expression also forms of therapy can work as well however people might even go into
(12:59):
resorting into maladaptive coping mechanisms such as avoidance substance abuse and slash
or self-destructive behaviors and attempt to numb out the pain by understanding these
psychological impacts on existential crises and coping mechanisms with individuals that
use and navigate it we can better understand and support ourselves in finding meaning and
(13:22):
the resilience of our life uncertainties I want to list out a couple of maladaptive behaviors
that people use as coping mechanisms and I want to know if these are any or familiar
names that you've used or even have heard before avoidance is going to be one of them
substance abuse self-harm isolation escapism aka the race best song if you know you know
(13:50):
rumination and then of course there are so many more I actually was just dealing with
rumination when it came down to a problem that I really had to like push pause on in
my brain and I gave myself like a form of talking to myself from an adult standpoint
to an inner child standpoint and it helped me further put pause on that feeling and it
(14:11):
was kind of helpful with the progression of how I went on with my day so rumination did
kind of help me with my coping mechanism during that exact existential existential crisis
but let's talk about the other side of how existential crisis is and coping mechanisms
are not going to be helpful in that case if I use my rumination tactic and I constantly
(14:37):
kept asking myself questions and trying to find out a solution and trying to figure out
a cycle that's going to be a negative form of rumination because I was trying to connect
with the feelings of distress and feelings of hopelessness and make it connect into a
form of as if it needs to have an answer for me that doesn't create anything productive
(15:00):
for myself if I put myself through a loop now with adaptive forms of coping mechanisms
these are going to be more of the positive aspects that we usually see with existential
crisis is and forms of how it can help you with coping and everything like that seeking
social support that's the main one that I usually see people use of course reaching
(15:22):
out to friends family members engaging in self-reflection and actually mirror work is
really important for my spiritual girlies that use that finding meaningful meaningful
activities like of course painting purpose fulfillment volunteering creative expression
like art music producing anything that's a creative medium for you this is my favorite
(15:45):
one this is the next one cognitive restructuring now it's not easy but it is going to be something
that will be helpful if you use manifestation tips or if you even go into using I am type
of statements or I will be or I can be those are things that will reframe the anxiety that
(16:07):
are in your thoughts and even in your mindsets and how it can help you in your future physical
exercise is going to be something that is going to drop your stress levels like a freaking
tick I always always always recommend that and last but not least like I was saying therapy
I love therapy I am a therapy girly I will always be a therapy girly I will find ways
(16:32):
that it will help me with therapy I love my girl Karen I will shout out her in every episode
if I have to but those types of adaptive coping mechanisms that people will use will always
be helpful and if you guys need any more let me know
(16:57):
before we dive deeper into our discussion I want to take a moment to say thank you for
tuning in to the behavioral blueprint podcast if you're enjoying the conversation so far
and want to stay updated on future episodes be sure to hit that subscribe button follow
button and also that like button on your favorite podcast platform subscribing not only ensures
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(17:22):
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(17:44):
appreciate it thank you finally in our last segment we'll explore the concept of embracing
existential resilience we'll discuss the importance of incorporating existential principles
into therapy and self exploration for personal growth and transformation together we'll explore
(18:04):
the avenues for finding purpose authenticity and connection in the face of existential
uncertainty let's start by defining existential principles with the meaning of the authenticity
freedom and responsibility these concepts are central to our exploration of personal
growth and transformation forms of practices that we can use to really go into understanding
(18:30):
what it means for our freedom and responsibility and also the other meanings authenticity freedom
and everything else is going to be forms of asking yourself forms of going into journaling
and forms of going into practices that do help with these parts of your identity now
(18:51):
the second thing is integration into therapy of course if you can afford it therapists
always help with the principles of your approaches with therapy this approach is going to always
be exploring your values and confronting any type of anxieties that promote any type of
personal growth the third thing is going to always be self-expiration and playing a vital
(19:16):
role for your personal growth techniques like of course like i said earlier journaling and
also meditation can always help with the individual connecting to the values and also fostering
deeper understanding and insight for yourself finding meaning in aligning to the actions
with values and confronting existential questions and individuals can be a greater meaning for
(19:40):
understanding purpose in your life this journey is about self-discovery so understanding that
that is essential for your growth and fulfillment is key finding meaning for everything in your
life is going to be key now everything doesn't have an answer that's another thing that we
also have to go into things are easier to not look into for answers if they just don't
(20:03):
make sense if they're not meant for you to make sense then don't try to force it to make
sense that's the whole example of what it means it's just not supposed to make sense
for you last but not least we're going to go into the authenticity and the connection
for all of the things that are in your life living authentically allows you to cultivate
(20:25):
meaningful conversations and connections with people and others by embracing authenticity
we can of course foster deeper relationships and a greater sense of fulfillment with ourselves
and others i think that kind of wraps up my whole entire point for this entire episode
podcast if you can of course question anything or have any questions for me of course let
(20:50):
me know through comments through dms on the behavioral blueprint podcast instagram and
thank you so much for joining me on this enlightening journey through our existential
crises and our mental health remember through these lives uncertainties there are going
to be opportunities for profound growth for you and by embracing the existential resilience
(21:10):
like we explained in the steps like i explained we can of course navigate the complexities
of our existence with courage and your true form of authenticity and what it means for
you tune in for the next time for more thought-provoking discussions on the behavioral blueprint podcast
until then stay curious and keep exploring life's mysteries know that you are loved and
(21:32):
i'm always here for you thank you
Welcome to the Behavioral Blueprint podcast where we will delve into the depths of the
(00:10):
human psyche and explore the intricacies of our existence.
I'm your host Solana and today's episode is going to be a deep dive into the topic of
our existential crisis and mental health.
Finding meaning in our uncertainty through any type of issues that we're dealing with.
So what does it mean to grapple with the feelings of meaninglessness in a seemingly chaotic
(00:34):
world and how can you even venture out with understanding your self-identity through any
type of issue like this?
My answer to that is going to be looking behind closed doors and looking behind things that
you are honestly afraid of when it comes down to where you are because the biggest thing
(00:57):
and even how I even labeled and branded this podcast was about your personal fingerprint,
your personal identity and what it means to have those feelings that you deal with because
they have to hold space and when you really do look at what meaninglessness really means
(01:18):
it shows that you don't understand or you don't have the mental connection to what has
any type of gravity or weight in your life.
The biggest part I have noticed with meaninglessness in my life when I was younger and also today
is seeing how much it has importance over my life and how much I'm able to prioritize
(01:41):
the said issue at hand because sometimes yes we do have those overwhelming things that
are bigger priorities but we also have the other hand too where it's some things that
are meaninglessness or I'm sorry there are some things that don't have meaning to us
that we truly just don't prioritize at all and then it just pits and it sits there like
(02:04):
a little ball of anxiety and that doesn't help anybody so I question again the why of
where I'm not prioritizing my feelings because again you are the most important thing in
your life so why are you not being able to take care of your feelings and also the things
that you don't think hold meaning to you.
(02:28):
How do we reconcile with our freedom and the constraints of societal norms?
As a queer person I think the answer to this is going to be kind of difficult because freedom
is really based off of somebody else's expression of what it means to them.
Freedom is also what it has to do with your form of liberation and your form of expression
(02:53):
and the constraints that of course are seen in the societal today normality all that jazz
is usually going to be seen in our governments in our politics and also in our law in our
law making and all of those things that are seen as boxes.
Reconcile and how you can grow to have your desire back for the things that you love are
(03:14):
going to come at a price and those prices are going to be the palette of the people
that are in those boxes that people don't want to see.
And I think that you honestly deserve to be able you're honestly able let me rephrase
you're honestly able to take care of yourself and not give a fuck about what anybody says
(03:38):
about you at the end of the day and if somebody has to say something about you let me know
because I'll get them for you.
Don't let anybody try to constrain and lock you into who you're supposed to be because
how does that make anybody else grow like who you are is a seed for somebody else to
grow for who they're supposed to be and if you're not yourself a hundred percent then
(04:01):
how are you supposed to help the next person and the future person and every other person
that you even encounter and that you meet with.
Isolation isolation isolation is my next thing that I want to get into.
How does isolation play a role with perception of self and others.
This is one of my favorite questions that I asked myself when I made my script.
(04:24):
How do we look at perceptions of other people and how much do we do that as a person who
really looks at understanding perceptions and how much it takes importance for other
people's perception over me and vice versa.
What does that mean to me for a long time even when I was a kid I used to really care
(04:46):
so much about what people thought about me.
I wanted to be liked I wanted to be loved I wanted to be valued and validated because
I felt like I had a lack in that when I was growing up and I wasn't validated the way
that I wanted to be and I used to really look in the wrong places for these things that
were helping me shape into who I was and it further played a part with how I even looked
(05:11):
at myself because I poured into the people that weren't needing me and how that shaped
my perception of other people is that people will use you and people will take from you
and that's not true at all because people are actually very giving and people are actually
(05:31):
very nurturing and caring and when I got into therapy I figured out that I was kind of doing
the counter opposite when I was growing up of what it means to have my perception of
other people and I had to flip it back and it's all it's not just a switch it really
takes time and dedication and how you even deal with future situations with the playing
(05:55):
a part with the perception and self of other people.
I do want to get into the role of how isolation plays that too of perceptions of other people
because I am a hermit I do hide sometimes when I deal with any type of issue and isolation
is proudly my favorite thing to do when it comes down to issues at hand and it's not
(06:24):
helpful it's not helpful at all and whenever I do hide away there's times where people
check up on me and they're like where are you at like where are you going where are
you hiding because we miss you we love you we want you to be here and I had to look at
what that meant for my friends because they need me and my family too and what it means
(06:48):
to really look into my isolation and if we plug in perception and isolation together
I usually see that perception of how you look at other people of course is never going to
be the way that they actually are in their identity of self and then also how the perception
(07:10):
of other people looking towards you is never going to be at face value of who you are and
the identity of who you are so never take it for the way that people expect you to or
even what past generations told you to look into you don't have to give a fuck about what
people tell you or what people say you're supposed to be or how you're supposed to
(07:32):
feel to yourself or how you're supposed to have any type of anything you deserve to have
whatever you want just because you are a person taking up space.
Now for the second part of this first segment it's going to be triggers and how much triggers
play a common experience in our life and how much it means to us when we are triggered
(07:56):
and how we react.
This is one of my favorite things I do talk about because I'm a person that does get triggered
and I'm also a person that responds poorly I am working on it but I do know that this
is an active routine for me to play into every day sometimes I win sometimes I just don't
have any that day I'm human but I do want to ask everyone the question of what does
(08:21):
it mean for you what does it control when it comes down to distress how does the form
of the triggers make you go into the relationships that you go into I also do want to say this
question as well and answer it as well how do you understand your triggers and your experiences
(08:42):
and how can they begin to unravel and the tangled threads of the existential crisis
is that we were talking about for me and how I understand my triggers is really going to
be through looking back at my trauma because of course those are the things that they come
from after I look at those traumas I or triggers I look at how I behave and how much my behavior
(09:07):
plays a part with the response of that other person too because they play a part you take
two to tango but what kind of gets difficult is that the face of the person that triggers
you is not going to be the original face that triggered you in the first place so how you
respond to the person that is the present trigger is going to come from the original
(09:32):
trigger and sometimes it can be very poorly sometimes it can be amazing how you respond
to your triggers but I do want to put emphasis on every person is valid with how they respond
of course there's people that aren't they make tantrums in their in their own vicinity
(09:52):
but I do not want to put judgment on those people either because they are going through
the process of understanding what it means for their triggers to be triggered sometimes
it takes that and I'm not saying that in the sense of somebody has to get traumatized enough
to be able to go through something that is life-changing for them I want to make it clear
(10:14):
that this thing or these things that people go through are somebody else's journey in
life so when you go through a set example where somebody loses a loses a loved one and
they know that this is something that is unchangeable and it can't be something that's permanent
for them they go into knowing that for the rest of their lives that they have to take
(10:39):
care of this trigger for the rest of their lives if they're a mature person and able
to identify those things at hand but of course it completely depends now that we have finished
our first subject I appreciate your amazing amazing questions and also your input I want
to thank you for joining me on this segment so far and remember amidst the chaos and confusion
(11:05):
in your life there's always going to be an opportunity for self growth and discovery
now that we're going to go on to segment two we'll examine the psychological impact of
existential crises and we'll discuss how this crisis manifests into psychological symptoms
like anxiety depression identity confusion shedding light and also the profound challenges
(11:33):
and individuals face during these periods of uncertainty additionally we'll explore
the adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies individuals employ to navigate their angst
existential angst so first anxiety is a persuasive feeling and an ease of apprehension often
(11:53):
accompanies existential crises such as individuals that grasp with uncertainties of life and
also the fear of unknown depression is characterized by feelings hopelessness and feelings of despair
it may arise in individuals that struggle to find any type of meaning or meaninglessness
and purpose in their existence additionally identity confusion a sense of uncertainty
(12:18):
or disconnection from one's senses of self and can further exuberate the psychological
distresses experienced by existential crises but amidst these challenges there are coping
mechanisms and individuals that employ to navigate these existential issues some may
(12:38):
turn to adaptive strategies like seeking support from the loved ones like I said before engaging
into into introspective practices like meditation journaling and finding solace and creative
expression also forms of therapy can work as well however people might even go into
(12:59):
resorting into maladaptive coping mechanisms such as avoidance substance abuse and slash
or self-destructive behaviors and attempt to numb out the pain by understanding these
psychological impacts on existential crises and coping mechanisms with individuals that
use and navigate it we can better understand and support ourselves in finding meaning and
(13:22):
the resilience of our life uncertainties I want to list out a couple of maladaptive behaviors
that people use as coping mechanisms and I want to know if these are any or familiar
names that you've used or even have heard before avoidance is going to be one of them
substance abuse self-harm isolation escapism aka the race best song if you know you know
(13:50):
rumination and then of course there are so many more I actually was just dealing with
rumination when it came down to a problem that I really had to like push pause on in
my brain and I gave myself like a form of talking to myself from an adult standpoint
to an inner child standpoint and it helped me further put pause on that feeling and it
(14:11):
was kind of helpful with the progression of how I went on with my day so rumination did
kind of help me with my coping mechanism during that exact existential existential crisis
but let's talk about the other side of how existential crisis is and coping mechanisms
are not going to be helpful in that case if I use my rumination tactic and I constantly
(14:37):
kept asking myself questions and trying to find out a solution and trying to figure out
a cycle that's going to be a negative form of rumination because I was trying to connect
with the feelings of distress and feelings of hopelessness and make it connect into a
form of as if it needs to have an answer for me that doesn't create anything productive
(15:00):
for myself if I put myself through a loop now with adaptive forms of coping mechanisms
these are going to be more of the positive aspects that we usually see with existential
crisis is and forms of how it can help you with coping and everything like that seeking
social support that's the main one that I usually see people use of course reaching
(15:22):
out to friends family members engaging in self-reflection and actually mirror work is
really important for my spiritual girlies that use that finding meaningful meaningful
activities like of course painting purpose fulfillment volunteering creative expression
like art music producing anything that's a creative medium for you this is my favorite
(15:45):
one this is the next one cognitive restructuring now it's not easy but it is going to be something
that will be helpful if you use manifestation tips or if you even go into using I am type
of statements or I will be or I can be those are things that will reframe the anxiety that
(16:07):
are in your thoughts and even in your mindsets and how it can help you in your future physical
exercise is going to be something that is going to drop your stress levels like a freaking
tick I always always always recommend that and last but not least like I was saying therapy
I love therapy I am a therapy girly I will always be a therapy girly I will find ways
(16:32):
that it will help me with therapy I love my girl Karen I will shout out her in every episode
if I have to but those types of adaptive coping mechanisms that people will use will always
be helpful and if you guys need any more let me know
(16:57):
before we dive deeper into our discussion I want to take a moment to say thank you for
tuning in to the behavioral blueprint podcast if you're enjoying the conversation so far
and want to stay updated on future episodes be sure to hit that subscribe button follow
button and also that like button on your favorite podcast platform subscribing not only ensures
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appreciate it thank you finally in our last segment we'll explore the concept of embracing
existential resilience we'll discuss the importance of incorporating existential principles
into therapy and self exploration for personal growth and transformation together we'll explore
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the avenues for finding purpose authenticity and connection in the face of existential
uncertainty let's start by defining existential principles with the meaning of the authenticity
freedom and responsibility these concepts are central to our exploration of personal
growth and transformation forms of practices that we can use to really go into understanding
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what it means for our freedom and responsibility and also the other meanings authenticity freedom
and everything else is going to be forms of asking yourself forms of going into journaling
and forms of going into practices that do help with these parts of your identity now
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the second thing is integration into therapy of course if you can afford it therapists
always help with the principles of your approaches with therapy this approach is going to always
be exploring your values and confronting any type of anxieties that promote any type of
personal growth the third thing is going to always be self-expiration and playing a vital
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role for your personal growth techniques like of course like i said earlier journaling and
also meditation can always help with the individual connecting to the values and also fostering
deeper understanding and insight for yourself finding meaning in aligning to the actions
with values and confronting existential questions and individuals can be a greater meaning for
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understanding purpose in your life this journey is about self-discovery so understanding that
that is essential for your growth and fulfillment is key finding meaning for everything in your
life is going to be key now everything doesn't have an answer that's another thing that we
also have to go into things are easier to not look into for answers if they just don't
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make sense if they're not meant for you to make sense then don't try to force it to make
sense that's the whole example of what it means it's just not supposed to make sense
for you last but not least we're going to go into the authenticity and the connection
for all of the things that are in your life living authentically allows you to cultivate
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meaningful conversations and connections with people and others by embracing authenticity
we can of course foster deeper relationships and a greater sense of fulfillment with ourselves
and others i think that kind of wraps up my whole entire point for this entire episode
podcast if you can of course question anything or have any questions for me of course let
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me know through comments through dms on the behavioral blueprint podcast instagram and
thank you so much for joining me on this enlightening journey through our existential
crises and our mental health remember through these lives uncertainties there are going
to be opportunities for profound growth for you and by embracing the existential resilience
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like we explained in the steps like i explained we can of course navigate the complexities
of our existence with courage and your true form of authenticity and what it means for
you tune in for the next time for more thought-provoking discussions on the behavioral blueprint podcast
until then stay curious and keep exploring life's mysteries know that you are loved and
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i'm always here for you thank you
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