"I noticed every time I spent a lot of time in the bathtub, I would just get fantastic realizations about myself, and they were so valuable and liberating"
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As a celebrity-associated spiritual entrepreneur (best known for rebirthing circles), Orr’s line fits a late-20th-century American hunger for DIY transcendence: therapy language stripped of clinical gatekeepers, enlightenment without institutions, inner truth accessed through lifestyle tweaks. The bathtub becomes a democratized confessional, a low-stakes float tank, a domestic altar you already own. It’s wellness culture before “wellness” became a venture category.
Subtextually, the claim also dodges friction. Deep self-knowledge is typically earned through conflict: difficult conversations, disciplined practice, time. Orr offers a more flattering narrative: insight arrives when you’re literally doing nothing, suspended in warm water, alone, unchallenged. It’s liberation without an adversary, transformation without a social cost.
There’s also a quiet assertion of authority: repetition (“every time”) implies reliability, almost like a scientific finding, while still preserving mystique. If you buy the premise, the next step is obvious: follow him, trust his methods, keep chasing those bath-born epiphanies. The bathtub is the origin story; the brand is the sequel.
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Orr, Leonard. (2026, January 16). I noticed every time I spent a lot of time in the bathtub, I would just get fantastic realizations about myself, and they were so valuable and liberating. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-noticed-every-time-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-the-119863/
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Orr, Leonard. "I noticed every time I spent a lot of time in the bathtub, I would just get fantastic realizations about myself, and they were so valuable and liberating." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-noticed-every-time-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-the-119863/.
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"I noticed every time I spent a lot of time in the bathtub, I would just get fantastic realizations about myself, and they were so valuable and liberating." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-noticed-every-time-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-the-119863/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.





