Dr. Martha Beck

And I thought he's afraid of the – in quotes, stupid little boy inside me because he's afraid of the stupid little boy inside him. He's terrified of being the person he's worked so hard not to be. He's afraid of being like my son. And he thinks that should be thrown away. And that was the point at which I said, I will not make my decisions based on social pressure.

I have to do something from a very, very deep place within. And so I kept that. I mean, he's home right now. You know, we're having a great time.

I have to do something from a very, very deep place within. And so I kept that. I mean, he's home right now. You know, we're having a great time.

I have to do something from a very, very deep place within. And so I kept that. I mean, he's home right now. You know, we're having a great time.

Adam, my son Adam.

Adam, my son Adam.

Adam, my son Adam.

Yes, the very first thing he ever did in his life was the doctor pulled him out of my body and I saw this arc of urine go straight into the doctor's face. And I was like so proud of my child at that moment. I thought if only I'd thought to do that.

Yes, the very first thing he ever did in his life was the doctor pulled him out of my body and I saw this arc of urine go straight into the doctor's face. And I was like so proud of my child at that moment. I thought if only I'd thought to do that.

Yes, the very first thing he ever did in his life was the doctor pulled him out of my body and I saw this arc of urine go straight into the doctor's face. And I was like so proud of my child at that moment. I thought if only I'd thought to do that.

That's why I told that long story that when I had to make that decision, it was the first time I had dropped everything conscious and logical from my mind and come from a place that was, I believe it's part of our neurological apparatus, but the cognitive structures are so, cognitive function is just a tiny fraction of what our whole nervous systems are able to detect and tell us.

That's why I told that long story that when I had to make that decision, it was the first time I had dropped everything conscious and logical from my mind and come from a place that was, I believe it's part of our neurological apparatus, but the cognitive structures are so, cognitive function is just a tiny fraction of what our whole nervous systems are able to detect and tell us.

That's why I told that long story that when I had to make that decision, it was the first time I had dropped everything conscious and logical from my mind and come from a place that was, I believe it's part of our neurological apparatus, but the cognitive structures are so, cognitive function is just a tiny fraction of what our whole nervous systems are able to detect and tell us.

And for the first time, I was making a decision from every cell in my body instead of just my, you know, neocortex. And I realized my life is not meant to go like his life. And the person in the next bed, their life isn't meant to be like mine. But we all have this... programmed into us somehow.

And for the first time, I was making a decision from every cell in my body instead of just my, you know, neocortex. And I realized my life is not meant to go like his life. And the person in the next bed, their life isn't meant to be like mine. But we all have this... programmed into us somehow.

And for the first time, I was making a decision from every cell in my body instead of just my, you know, neocortex. And I realized my life is not meant to go like his life. And the person in the next bed, their life isn't meant to be like mine. But we all have this... programmed into us somehow.

And when we start to leave it, in my last book, I called it leaving our integrity, because to be an integrity just means to be one thing. It doesn't have any moral implications in the original, like Latin, it just means integer, one thing. So if we were born knowing who we are,

And when we start to leave it, in my last book, I called it leaving our integrity, because to be an integrity just means to be one thing. It doesn't have any moral implications in the original, like Latin, it just means integer, one thing. So if we were born knowing who we are,

And when we start to leave it, in my last book, I called it leaving our integrity, because to be an integrity just means to be one thing. It doesn't have any moral implications in the original, like Latin, it just means integer, one thing. So if we were born knowing who we are,

But at some point, usually not long after birth, we get socialized away from expressing exactly what our own truth is telling us. We get socialized to behave in ways that please other people. Very simple. And as you're describing it, I had a great life. I had a lab, I had a dog, I had a house. Those are all socially recognized items that say your life is working.