Stop Pretending and Heal Your Life
May 25, 2010I love Gay Hendricks’ words in A Year of Living Consciously for May 16: “The moment you stop pretending, your healing begins.” This perspective supports my belief that when we live the life we think we “should” or try to
“keep up with the Joneses” instead of being true to our own passions and desires, we lose our connection to true joy and happiness. Pretending to be someone else or expressing feelings that are not true can be exhausting and deterimental to relationships as well as to our happiness.
Even though I learned that “honesty is the best policy” growing up, I am just now realizing this rule applies just as much to ourselves as to others. Being true to myself and following my passions is key to living a fulfilling life. What are you pretending to be or do in your life?
Talking with your inner child can help uncover areas you may be pretending about and not realize. We often learn to pretend at a very young age, and sometimes build up layers over different ages. Love your inner child unconditionally to peel back the layers and reveal the shining treasure at your core.
-Carolee
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Timely for me. I’ve been more aware of how I haven’t been honest with myself about negative feelings about my career development. Being honest is crucial to resetting goals. Also acknowledging how sad the oilspill makes me feel is first step in dealing with it. Feels better just acknowledging the truth of my feeling. Rebecca
I’m so glad to see someone else speak up about this subject. One of my passions is helping women find their true purpose and stop “being someone their not”. I believe we all have times when we “pretend”; it’s likely a form of coping or self-preservation. Eventually it takes a toll though.
Thanks for you insights. I am posting a link to this article so more will get the message.
Kellie
I’m so glad to see someone else speak up about this subject. One of my passions is helping women find their true purpose and stop “being someone they’re not”. I believe we all have times when we “pretend”; it’s likely a form of coping or self-preservation. Eventually it takes a toll though.
Thanks for you insights. I am posting a link to this article so more will get the message.
Kellie
Kellie – Thanks for your comment and for sharing the article. I am glad to hear you are helping women take a look at how they may be pretending. Questioning our beliefs can give us tremendous self-awareness and help us get on our true path. Just because we’ve always done something a certain way doesn’t mean it is aligned with our true path. An authentic life is free from pretending and the best way to live!
Carolee
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