Youth is not merely a period of life, but a time marked by openness and curiosity.

At any age, we can cultivate curiosity, creativity, imagination, and enjoyment.

We feel younger and more optimistic when we use a solid moral compass to guide our behavior.

A moral compass is an internalized sense of what is right and wrong, with motivation to act accordingly.

I’ve heard this sentiment from many clients over the years and have, of late, experienced it myself. "Was I ever really young?” is not simply an old person’s lament nor a complaint about time passing too quickly. At heart, it’s a question about the present and future.

Youth is supposed to be expansive, open, shaped more by wonder than necessity. Yet for many, youth is constricted and filled with premature awareness — of conflict, responsibility, fear, loss, or shame. For many, childhood was less a time of innocence than adaptation.........

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