Survival of the Most Loving

In this week’s episode, Chief Victory Officer, Eric Guy, is joined once again by former hospice nurse, Marissa Host. They discuss why it’s important to understand what your survival mechanisms are and why connection to others is crucial to living a happy life.

Takeaways:
- We are not designed to be violent, but rather we’re designed to love and cooperate.
- We have the ability to control the perceptions of our mind and therefore control ourselves and how we react.
- We need to access and change our conscious mind.
- Our perception can reverse a “survival of the fittest” mentality into a “survival of the most loving” mentality.
- Until the age of 6, children are downloading the way their parents are reacting and this will affect how they react to situations in their own life.
- Having an openness in our relationships creates oxytocin (“the cuddle chemical”). This hormone creates empathy between people.
- Connecting with nature draws out all of the feel-good hormones.
- We need to live connected with people, or we’re cutting out something that our bodies are designed to do.

Quotes:
- “We are meant to be these radiating beings of love.”
- “Not holding someone accountable is creating fear.”
- “We all want to know that we’re running in the right direction.”
- “Is love at the foundation of your story?”
- “What you think about, you bring about.”