We all reach for something - whether it's money, achievement, control, or comfort. But so often what we're chasing isn't the thing itself; it's the feeling we think that thing will give us. In this episode, we explore what happens when we confuse the symbol of the source, and how that confusion shapes not just personal choices, but our entire culture.
Drawing from Maslow's framework and the neuroscience of desire, we explore how our brains remember the high but forget the cost. In a world that profits from our sense of lack, it take quiet courage to pause, to ask what we truly need, and to choose something deeper. This episode is both a mirror and an invitation - to notice, to reconnect, and to reclaim the gold that doesn't glitter.
Because what we've been chasing all along isn't wealth or approval ... it's love. The kind of love that doesn't demand proof. The kind that meets real needs, grows in presence, and remakes the world from the inside out.
Joni Miller, Ph.D., is a writer, researcher, spiritual coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help spiritual wanderers find a place they can call home, navigating by the light of Love.www.SpiritualGeography.net
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