🧨 How to become Authentic? It’s a Game Changer!

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Dear authentic community,

Moments of insight dont always come in a flash. Sometimes insight can just creep up on you. It might come as an uneasy feeling or perhaps a sense of longing.

Either way, you simply know there is more of you yet to be discovered and shared.

For many people, this journey has been summed up as a quest for authentic living. But what does it mean to live authentically, and could this be the answer to that nagging feeling that there is something more to you that you havent discovered yet?

Authentic living has been summed up by my friend and colleague Stephen Joseph, author of Authentic, in this simple formula:

Know yourself + Own yourself + Be yourself = the Authentic Life

1. Know yourself =the experience of meeting yourself. As an authentic person you dare to come in touch with how you actually feel, think, and behave. You consistently question and challenge yourself. Some things you find might make you uncomfortable, so knowing yourself requires courage and vulnerability.

How? Come in touch with yourself. Whether it is time spent in meditation or journaling, therapy or books reading - make a daily practice to support your connection with your inner self.

2. Own yourself =Are you the author of your own story? As an authentic person you wont allow others to bully you into behaving in ways that are not aligned with what feels right for you. You own yourself.

How? Accept yourself. One of the most courageous things we can do in this process of self-discovery is to accept what we find. This doesnt mean that you cant change for the better or that you will always be as you are now but practicing forgiveness and acceptance over ourselves frees us to be all that we can be.

3. Be yourself = As an authentic person your actions are aligned with the values and passion you found as part of the knowing yourself process. You walk to the tune of your internal findings.

How? Be Boldly Yourself. As you discover more about yourself, and work to accept the person you find, the time comes to live this out. It doesnt have to be huge but each day try to find a way to express who you really are and what really matters to you.

It begins with a search deep within, then a powerful sense of autonomy joins the search, and finally, you apply what you find within.

This is authenticity. And it might lead to joy or misery but in both cases it will feel profoundly fulfilling as it would be you in action.

Yours with authenticity,

Itai

Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training

Positive Psychology Practitioner Certificate

Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching

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