I believe that honesty and authenticity mean more than simply telling the truth. It involves integrity in all areas of one’s life and the ability to be true to one’s REAL self and one’s role in the world in spite of circumstances and life experiences. There are obvious situations in life where to be honest and authentic requires a great deal of strength in the midst of fear, especially when it involves the opinions of others.

We all have wounds and distorted beliefs about ourselves in our lives. Authenticity is looking at ourselves with growing awareness & sorting through these ‘untruths’ that have held us back from being who we truly are. When you take the time to strip this away, you’ll get back in touch with that person you were ultimately created to be. Going there takes bravery, courage and perseverance and this step is one that is necessary on your journey towards wholeness.

When we start striping back all the fakeness – what we think we should be and what everyone expects of us – all that surface stuff, like the mud on top – once we start washing that away we can see who we really are. We tend to define ourselves by our injuries, that we are a certain type of person because of what we are doing. The injuries are there to make us feel a bit more powerful or a bit more feminine or masculine or whatever it is that we feel we are missing within ourselves, so we focus on the injuries & hold onto them for dear life!

The key is to not hold onto them anymore. We don’t have to go looking for our true selves, but once we start releasing the injuries it will be revealed automatically, and you will find who you truly are.
How can you begin to get real with yourself about living a life that is in alignment to who you REALLY are?

“Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world while holding the position that nothing external has any authority over what heaven has in mind for you...” ~ Caroline Myss
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson/Nelson Mandela