Speak Your Truth

Do you try to be all things to all people? Only to be hit with the realization that maybe nobody actually knows you, and maybe you don’t even like who you’re being.

If you said yes, you’re probably experiencing some common childhood survival tactics of being a chameleon, entertaining and people pleasing.

Now there’s nothing wrong with being fun, entertaining, and making others laugh. It’s just good to be aware if you are laughing or making others laugh as a habit to keep you safe from uncomfortable feelings.

Once you’re aware you can decide to choose other ways of experiencing life.

Comedy, lightness and distractions have their place and can be very helpful sometimes.

But, at what point do you give yourself permission to express yourself honestly outside of fun or light emotions?

Maybe you've noticed, life isn’t always fun. And it can be very draining to feel you must always be light, bright and feel good all the time.

If you stub stub toe, you’re not going to feel great about it.

Unless you’re into that sort of kink :-)

But, guaranteed I’m screeching out a few 4 letter words before taking a deep breath and refocusing. 

What if you stop thinking that you’re only acceptable if others are comfortable around you?

Your job isn’t to make everyone feel good, and you don’t need to squelch your own truth either.

How many times have you been uncomfortable or downright miserable in the name of trying to make sure others feel good?

In the past I did that too many times to count and I am still healing from some of the repercussions of those choices.

I don’t say this to freak you out, I share this so that you can notice any patterns that seem to be working for you but truly are sucking the life out of you. And creating sneaky habits where you end up last on your priority list most of the time.  

If you’re ready to feel more natural and relaxed expressing yourself, no matter what is going on. Check out my Speak Your Truth Audio.