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    Finding Your True North: What You Actually Want

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    30 nov. 2025
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    Miles and Eli explore the gap between authentic desires and mimetic copying, revealing how to distinguish your essential self from social expectations. Discover practical tools for values clarification, emotional compass navigation, and life crafting to build a meaningful existence aligned with who

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    The question isn't whether you can find your authentic path—it's whether you're willing to trust yourself enough to follow it.

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    how to truly understand what you want in life

    Voix des présentateurs
    Milesplay
    Eliplay
    Sources de connaissances
    Wisdom from Finding Your Own North Star
    The Way of Integrity
    The Power of Meaning
    How to know what you really want
    link
    https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-know-what-you-really-want-and-be-free-from-mimetic-desire
    Values: Your Personal Guide to Your Most Authentic Life
    link
    https://annajonesrd.com/2021/08/26/values-your-personal-guide-to-your-most-authentic-life/
    Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life
    link
    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02778/pdf

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    Points clés

    1

    Opening & Welcome

    0:00
    0:15
    0:29
    2

    Topic Introduction & Source Material Setup

    0:48
    1:04
    1:23
    1:37
    1:55
    3

    Understanding Your Essential Self vs. Social Self

    2:09
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    3:21
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    Recognizing Your Body's Warning System

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    2:40
    4:43
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    5:14
    5:26
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    Breaking Free from Social Pressure and "Everybody"

    5:43
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    Understanding Your Emotional Compass

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    8:54
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    Values as Your Personal North Star

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    The Four Stages of Transformation

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    Finding Purpose and Meaning

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    13:13
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    The Life Crafting Process

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    13:44
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    Practical Applications & Listener Takeaways

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    15:53
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    16:33
    16:43
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    Wrap-up & Closing Reflection

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