Living Authentically
This year I plan to do some longer posts that go into a subject in more detail and depth. This is the first one of this style. If you would let me know whether you like this style of post or not (or what you like and dislike about it) I’d be very grateful, thanks, [...]
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Self development can start to feel like a serious business. Living authentically can sound heavy. It’s good to giggle. Laughter can bring a sense of proportion and lightness. Focusing on our goals, necessary to be sure, can make us awfully tunnel visioned. Fun lets our focus widen. It Sounds Strange to Say: “Work at [...]
This post is in response to a comment in the box in the sidebar that asks about your greatest difficulty living an authentic life. The comment was: Going against the grain of other’s expectations of you. We are all part of relationships It takes quite a few months – in some way years – [...]
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One thing that I hope sets this blog apart from other self development blogs is that I give you a roadmap. This means that I don’t set myself up as a guru. You aren’t reliant on me once you have the same map as me. A roadmap can be compared to the road you are [...]
In self development there is a difficulty about setting a direction or giving instruction. Directions and instructions tend to be regarded (often correctly) as “shoulds”. And telling someone else what to do is regarded (often correctly) as disrespectful of the other’s autonomy. [This sometimes leads to the conclusion that there is no ethical dimension to [...]
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For me our self development needs to be based on something real in our selves. There needs to be a real self that develops – not just something that we make up. For me authenticity is the key to self development: the fake doesn’t provide lasting satisfaction. But how lasting is that satisfaction? Change is [...]
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This is the last post in response to people’s questions about living an authentic life (for the moment). (You are welcome to leave questions about this in the box in the sidebar and I will respond as these come up in the future.) This response is a bit different. It is much more business oriented. [...]
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A big part of an authentic life is our relationships. And a big part of this is living happily in relationship. Which leads to the question of how much we can do to make our relationships happy ones and the related question of whether we can make other people happy. This is a comment that [...]
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Roshani’s difficulty with living an authentic life is childhood trauma. She put it this way: It is still difficult for me to live life feeling accepted as a woman that has received in the childhood this TRAUMA …with all the consequences in my present life!!!LOVE! Roshani This post is going to deal with healing [...]
Roshani’s difficulty with living an authentic life is the effects of past trauma. She put it this way: It is still difficult for me to live life feeling accepted as a woman that has received in the childhood this TRAUMA …with all the consequences in my present life!!!LOVE! Roshani This post is the second part [...]
