> [!summary] Progressive Summary # Structured Notes ## Definitions ## Chapter Summaries ### Chapter 1 - What is Authentic Relating? > Another way I often describe authentic relating is that it is a practice that reveals the hidden, brings consciousness to the unconscious parts of ourselves  and others, and gives us a language to speak the unspoken. It acts as a beacon of illumination, reaching into the darkest corners of our hidden selves to reveal the gems of essential humanness. > Most people have been conditioned to prioritize their own experience over others, or others’ experience over their own—authentic  relating harmonizes this imbalance to create a center of gravity that lives in between each person, where the most aliveness and intimacy can be felt and shared. # Rough Notes # Quotes