02. The Authentic Self is the Soul Made Visible ::
Listening to Life + Living What We Hear

"before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.
before you tell your life what truths and values you want to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent. 
i must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about -- quite apart from what i would like it to be about,
or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions."
{ parker palmer }

what does it mean to be authentic?

underneath all the ego, cultural conditioning, fear, and limiting beliefs that keep us living in the same small patterns and loops -- who are we? what is our truth? what are we here to create?

in this episode we explore the ways we can use our intuition and imagination to craft a life and a self that is uniquely ours -- a life that is true to our path and the essence of who we are deep down.

some of the things we discuss ::

  • the power of living the truth of who we are -- with visibility and vulnerability -- in order to gain access to a deeper life

  • what authenticity means, and how we can access more of it

  • why we hide, reject and deny parts of ourselves (and why this is such an assault on our authenticity)

  • a vow that i made to myself and my husband 16 years ago when we became parents (and have never broken)

  • a personal story of embarrassment, and the power of embracing truth no matter how uncomfortable

  • the specific instruction my soul gave to me after my spiritual awakening in 2015

  • a potent question to ask yourself when you feel disconnected from the depth + aliveness of your life

  • how to reorient our center of gravity from our head to our hearts + bodies

  • how to liberate ourselves from the shackles of "should" and reclaim a deeper, wilder instinct for taking action in our lives

relevant links + resources ::

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