​Losing Our Authenticity- The Dissing of Self

Authenticity begins with self.  That sounds ridiculously obvious but think about it… most people are struggling with some sort of “issue.”  Whether it be fear of rejection, “self-esteem” (yuck, I hate that term), anxiety, depression, or any other array of dys-function.  Basically, most people feel some sort of dis-ease.

Now, dis-ease typically co-exists with dis-tancing from self and others. It’s like this: “I don’t want anyone else to know I feel like this. I don’t even want to acknowledge to myself that I feel like this.”  So, we dis-own the parts of self we dis-like, busy ourselves with dis-tractions, and wear a mask to dis-guise our true selves to everyone else.
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What would it be like to dis-card the false self in favor of the true self- the authentic self? You might find it’s not as dis-mal as you think!

authenticity, integrity, identity, sense of self
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