hierarchy of needs, authentic Self and, 53
Holistic Psychologist, 253, 266
homeostasis, nervous system and, 71–72, 87, 174–175
Horgan, John, 40
How To Do the Work (LePera), 37, 49, 113, 132, 266–267
How to Meet Your Self (LePera), 53
hypervigilance, of parents
child’s responses to, 65–67
fawn response and, 85–86
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, 18
icing communication style, 102
inner child. See childhood
integration, 43, 114, 122
intelligence language, of heart, 181–182
intentions, communication about needs and, 235
interdependence (separate togetherness), 73–74
empowerment consciousness and, 226–228
relationships and, 44
Internal Family Systems (IFS), 99
interoception, 128–129
intuition, heart consciousness and, 176–179
Jada, ego stories and, 162–163
Jenna (author’s partner), 265–270
journal. See Future Self Journal (FSJ)
Juan and Mona, conditioned selves and, 94–96, 97, 98, 104, 110–111
Kabat-Zinn, Jon, 134
leaky gut syndrome, body consciousness and, 142–143
Life of the Party conditioned self, 113
described, 115–116
ego stories and, 157
self-assessment, 120
listening exercise, to awaken heart, 198–199
Lolly (author’s partner), 37, 80, 166, 173, 187–188, 224–225, 265–269
love, five ways to demonstrate, 2, 223
Luca and Alejandra, co-regulation and, 200–201
Maslow, Dr. Abraham, 53
meditation
author and heart consciousness, 189–190
body consciousness and sleep, 146
ego-guided, 164–165