Paying attention to the function of the mind, including self-awareness, defense mechanisms, salience, behavior, strivings, and feelings of hope, is essential for overall well-being.

“the other pillar is the function of the mind and of course there's overlap there different cupboards but the cupboards all contain different ingredients that together make the recipe right so if we're interested in the function of the mind then we want to pay attention that there's an eye like we want to be self-aware and we want to cultivate self-awareness we're also interested in how those defense mechanisms work when they're in action right what's Salient inside of us and outside of us what are we paying attention to how are we behaving what are our strivings do we feel hopeful about ourselves and the world around us”