"When people meet you and they can see that you're comfortable moving through all the different parts of your personality — that's actually when you're a really impressive person." ~ Richard Brook

In this conversation, Avi sits down with Richard Brook — wellness facilitator, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and author of Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide to Life — for a deep and honest exploration of what it means to truly thrive.

Richard shares his personal journey from burnout and chronic fatigue in his early 20s to building a life rooted in passion and purpose. We talk about the difference between surviving and thriving, how to get to know yourself through embodied practice, why identity can be our biggest barrier to inner stillness, and the importance of embracing all parts of who we are — not just the "spiritual" ones. We also get into the retreat center Richard and his colleagues recently acquired in the Algarve, Portugal — a dream a decade in the making.

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