As long as you are a human being, you will always have weaknesses and limitations. Wellness is not about figuring out how to get rid of your weaknesses; it’s about accepting your weaknesses so you can deploy your energy into maximizing your strengths. We’ve been trained to view mental health through a lens of pathology and deficit: What’s wrong with me, and how can I fix it? That kind of thinking is on the way out. Thirty years from now, therapy is going to center on the exploration of what’s going well and why.
