Listen to the full interview. Lou Weir of Ann Arbor says he became interested in the Diamond Approach initially because he had a sense that there had to be more to him than he was experiencing. He sensed there was a place that was more free and more open--more himself. Lou Weir Credit Lou Weir / The Diamond Approach Weir says, over time, we start to lose our direct connections to the innocent qualities we have when first born, including love. As we age, we develop more of an egotistic sense, which can seem less authentic for some people. The Diamond Approach, according to Weir, is intended to reconnect us with "the essential nature of who we really are."