Who Do You Think You Are?

Are you being authentic in who you are or are you trying to be who and what you think you should be?

Too often we compare ourselves with others and think we should adopt the style and behaviours of people we see who are apparently admired and liked by others.

This is understandable but we could be missing a trick for three reasons:

1. It's difficult trying to be someone you're not and takes a lot of tie and unneccesary effort

2. You're withholding who you really are from yourself and others and depriving them of your own personality and gifts that only you have to offer and

3. Living in this way demonstrates that somewhere underneath is a lack of self-esteem or a feeling of not being good enough or deserving in some way.  

Does this sound familiar to you?   I know it will to a lot of people because I used to do the same myself and so many of us act and feel the same way.   But it doesn't have to be like that.

Hiding behind someone's persona who you admire is more common than you might think and in understandable.   But why try and be someone you are not?  

Start being honest with yourself and the world around you.   Be who you really are and see what happens.

Maybe you'll find people respond to you more warmly because they can see that you are being your true self and maybe you'll discover some things about yourself that you've been keeping secret for too long!

Stop being who you think you should be and just be the truly unique individual that you really are, no matter what anyone else thinks.   That's what makes a real difference in the world.

If you want to know more about feeling confident to be who you are contact me on annie@breathingspacetherapies.com or 0772 581 8884 to arrange a no-charge telephone session with me.