I was listening to a podcast yesterday about being your authentic self. The speaker, Gabby Bernstein, said something that really resonated with me. She said that in being her authentic self, she hadn’t “become” anything. Rather she shed who she thought she should be. I love that.
It’s so easy to get caught up in what you think you should be, or what other people’s expectations of you are. We are surrounded by media – and even people in our own lives – that tell us what we should look like, how we should be behave, what’s acceptable and what’s not.
Are you living someone else’s vision of who you should be? Am I?
We are all looking for acceptance. That’s the truth. There have been times in my life where I’ve second-guessed my value, based on other people’s opinions – or at least what I thought other people’s opinions would be. I worried that people would judge me because I couldn’t get pregnant. Truth be told, I judged myself. I felt “less than” because my path was not the same path as others’, and I have measured my success on the wrong things. I worried what people would think when I left my job – a good, well-paying job – to go back to school and become a holistic health coach.
When I find myself getting caught up in doubt, and when I feel out of alignment with my authentic self, I ask myself these questions: What is the story I am telling? Is it my true story or one I think others expect to hear?
And as I answer those questions, and get back to my authentic self, this always happens: I am more relaxed; I have more fun; my digestion is better; and the world responds to me more positively.
I’d love to get to know your story, and help you align with your goals and true self. For health and fertility coaching, schedule a complimentary discovery session with me, by emailing jennifer@jennredmond.com.
xo Jennifer