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Micro-Self-Betrayal: How You Are Killing Your Authenticity

Micro-Self-Betrayal: How You Are Killing Your Authenticity

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Feb 08, 2024
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“How do I be more authentic? Sometimes I feel fake. It’s like I’m going through life not being myself.”

This is a question I received on one of my recent Q&As, and it feels appropriate to expand on my answer here because it's a topic most of my readers are interested in.

Fortunately, you don’t have to go into the jungles of the Amazon and do an ayahuasca ceremony to become more authentic. Although I don’t judge you if you do (or did) so and would like to hear about your experience.

But I have a more practical and less glamorous solution in mind.

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