Four Ways to [b] Your Most Authentic Self
1. Find What Makes You Feel Good
What makes you come alive—go do that. Find people who also like to do that and hang out with those people. Maybe it’s a wine tasting club, maybe it’s yoga, maybe it’s yodeling. Just do it. Surround yourself with those people who will appreciate your passion instead of squashing it.
2. Communicate
When something bothers you, speak up. When you love someone, speak up. Tell them. Open your mouth and use your voice. It’s yours. Own it.
3. Be Creative
What makes you you? We are all different. Thankfully. Imagine how boring it would be if we were all six-foot-tall blondes with a penchant for tango. We would die of boredom. Find out what makes you stand apart. That’s not to say that you should purposely walk the streets naked so everyone stares at you because you are standing apart. It’s to say that by finding your own voice, you connect to the part of you that is the most original, the brightest, the most unique. It’s there. Find it.
4. Visualize
I am not saying that if you just imagine yourself as a best-selling author or driving a new BMW that it will come to fruition. That would be amazing, but it doesn’t work that way. I am saying that if you dig deep in the well of your imagination, you do indeed start to feel the great big AS IF. It feels as if you are a best-selling author or driving the new BMW. Once you get a taste of that feeling, you are more likely to keep digging into your imagination and finding new things that make your soul do its happy dance.
