{"id":11377,"date":"2024-04-09T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consciouslyliving.co.nz\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2024-04-09T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:37:38","slug":"ten-thoughts-on-an-authentic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consciouslyliving.co.nz\/ten-thoughts-on-an-authentic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten thoughts on an authentic life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0When talking to clients about authenticity, I speak about the fact that most of us would agree that<strong>\u00a0we come into this world as a bundle of light and love<\/strong>.\u00a0 By the time we are discussing this, we would have probably already had a session on core beliefs, and they would have started to uncover some of the stories that they have taken on and had running, potentially for as long as they remember.\u00a0 We speak about how with those beliefs running we can end up being a far cry from the person we were put on the planet to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0This was a big wake up call for me when I did this work, and it felt like a relief and grief and WTF all rolled into one!\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The beliefs and story reel that we can have running, can seem so very true and real and we can gain evidence for it left, right and centre, but it is not our true self.<\/strong>\u00a0 The more we connect back with our true self, the closer we return to the person we were put on the planet to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Often the life coaching journey can be two-fold.<\/strong>\u00a0 It can be discovering, unpacking and releasing who we are not, and exploring the different parts of our puzzle, who we are, what we want to be doing, how we want to be showing up, what we want life to look like, how we want to feel\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0A workshop I run is the part our thoughts play in the actions we take, what does your story reel sound like?\u00a0 What are those thoughts, those words that you hear yourself saying when things haven\u2019t gone quite as you\u2019d hoped or planned, how do you hear you talking to yourself?\u00a0 Is it supportive and encouraging or quite the opposite?\u00a0<strong>\u00a0When we are living more connected to our true self, there is more compassion, encouragement, gentleness, and bit by bit we bring more wholesome thoughts into our mix, which can lead to far more wholesome, sustainable change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>When we experience anger, shame, frustrations, guilt, it can be because we are not living true to our self.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0It can feel like our soul is tired of asking quietly, and is now going all out for you to hear what it needs\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>One of the ways, a beautiful exercise to do, and really quite a quick way of finding out more about our authentic self is to find out our core values.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0I describe them as the spine of our soul.\u00a0 Yes, they do change over time as different things become a priority or as we experience different things, but it can be a great foundation and starting point to work from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0Sometimes we can find ourselves waiting, putting others before ourselves, may be the kids, a partner\u2019s needs, other family members.\u00a0 It may be putting other parts of our life first, most often work.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>What do you need to give yourself permission to do, to start, to finish, to let go of?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0What do you need to do for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Those goals you have got or are thinking about, are they yours?<\/strong>\u00a0 I share\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dNKBkivSUbc\">here<\/a>\u00a0the story of signing up for a goal that was so not mine\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. 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