The idea of a life well lived takes us to transpersonal psychology, which always leads to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Moving forward on relevant needs feels like a life well lived. How we navigate the present moment through these needs determines the universe we’re constantly cocreating.
Autobiographical narratives are the ongoing stories we have of ourselves as man, woman, child, teen etc. Much of the healing that comes from trauma work is people shifting their self-identities, their autobiographical narratives, from negative and limiting to positive and liberating
All of us are constantly influenced by many motivation systems, but especially by “Never-good-enough” or “Effort-and-progress-is-always-good-enough,” systems. As we mature, we tend to move towards I’m-good-enough systems, but not always.