ABSTRACT
Authentic and satisfying lives are not built on what someone says are our loeaknesses; they do not emerge from fixing what someone decides is wrong with us. We construct a satisfying life when ive explore our interests, gravitate toward what we are good at, come to know what settings honor our ivay of being and which people “get us," When we take a strengths-based approach, we create a tapestry that weaves together the person's interests, skills, and support systems into environments that will support the person's idea of a satisfying life. We foster competence and motivation when the people ive serve recognize that ive “get them.”
