Dr. Nicole LePera

And the next thing we do, those of us who have any interaction with toddlers, maybe have our own, right, the next thing is we separate from that home base that's safe and secure to go individuate.

Right.

We go, we explore, we need boundaries, we need limits, we need discipline to be told when we're crossing boundaries and limits and come back to safety.

Right.

And again, we're learning in all of these areas based on who or what is happening around us.

And then we kind of progress from there into a more emotional space where we become attuned.

right, to other people emotionally.

We kind of interact.

We develop agency.

We see that choices that we make have impact in the world around us, specifically other people and how they feel.

Then, right, the learning that we do is we become ourselves after we've

Nowhere do we find safety.

We know how to kind of go out and explore ourselves.

We start to learn our emotional world.

Then we can be authentic, so to speak.

And then finally, kind of the last kind of sphere is almost returning to the deepest sense of belonging.

Right.

The sense that, in my opinion, at least we are all connected to something, someone greater than ourselves.

But also you spoke to something personal.

Earlier, very wisely, it's also returning to our inherent joy, our creativity, our purpose and our passion.