In this episode:

• Authenticity and vulnerability are risks, but they allow for real connection
• Learning to have healthy relationships
• Presenting a false front, "masking", prevents connection
• Learn to let yourself be truly seen
• Putting on a social mask creates loneliness
• Emotionally unavailable people have a damaging effect
• Seek out people who are emotionally available
• We are capable of rewiring our thought patterns
• Urgency pushes us to do the work of emotional sobriety and healing
• We become addicted to our thoughts, which leads to substance use disorder
• Having the power to affect positive change in our children, in future generations