BEING REAL (excerpted from my Psych Today post): In case you haven’t noticed, the way we are supposed to look, behave, and feel is clearly defined by mainstream culture.The evidence is everywhere: a $50 billion diet industry, magazine covers showing idealized bodies, and articles and blog posts telling us how to appear confident (regardless of our sensitivity), how to look younger (regardless of our maturity), how to avoid looking nervous (regardless of the situation), and more. On the spiritual front, we are told to be grateful and forgiving; on the physical front we are told what to eat and how to sleep; on the relational front we are told how to communicate, make love, and choose partners. It is a veritable set of instructions on “how to be you” excluding the most important component – who you really are! Personally, I’m with the now-departed Maya Angelou telling us to take what is deepest and truest inside of us and make that visible to the world. In her words, “Mold it into the shape of your most private need. Sculpt it into the image of your most public self.” Heres the link: psychologytoday/blog/is-psychology-making-us-sick/201410/getting-real-7-problems-becoming-our-authentic-selves
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:25:41 +0000
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