self-actualize
Americanverb (used without object)
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As of this month, Island Books has been helping readers self-actualize for five decades.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Jada's version of her 40th birthday blow-up is a tale of determination to self-actualize.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2023
To have schools that are safe so that young people can grow up and self-actualize.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
The directors suggested the experience of participating in the rescue helped you self-actualize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
But for many of us, it’s really to self-actualize that we want to do something.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2021
I might sound self-actualized but I’m really not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Swain is a total delight as the most self-actualized queen in the room, unwilling to dim his light for anyone still living in the dark.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
The profession has lost is a fearless reporter who was more self-actualized than most journalists her age, current and former colleagues said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
“You don’t have to figure this all out overnight and become a totally self-actualized person.”
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2019
If you are a body positivity guru who is all empowered and self-actualized, good for you.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2019
Psychologists have found that authenticity in this self-actualizing sense improves well-being—it’s good for you.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2019
My reading is that he argued that everyone is capable of self-actualizing, but are blocked by deficiencies in our most basic needs.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2019
Google the term "daily practice," and you'll get an assortment of mindfulness tips and prompts encouraging a regular, self-actualizing regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
And even if they are objectively true, they are not self-actualizing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2015
The cubicles and conference rooms sport a panoply of self-actualizing slogans, inspirational banners and instructional flow charts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2015
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