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What Does it Actually Mean to Be a "Whole Person"? | Scott Barry Kaufman

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Episode • Sep 22, 2021 • 1h 5m
In this episode, we’re going to demystify concepts such as: self actualization, personal growth, authenticity, and bringing your “whole self” to the table. 

Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist. He is the founder and director of the Center for the Science of Human Potential at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science. He also hosts the #1 psychology podcast in the world - The Psychology Podcast. And he is the author of a new book called Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization.

We talk about the meaning of “transcendence” and the difference between transcending in an unhealt...