How to Stay True to Yourself

We all like to believe we are living true to our selves. No one wants to admit they are living a lie! But how often have you found yourself in a life situation that you know, in your deepest soul, is not good for you, is filled with negative energy, is clearly off your path, or just simply doesn't feel right?

Staying true to yourself means doing one of the most daring things of all: confronting and overcoming fear. It's often fear that keeps us in the hollow, shallow places of our hearts.

Truthfulness to ourselves might hurt, but dishonesty to ourselves could be even more painful in the long run.

Here are some tips to help keep you in alignment with your truth!

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Notice how the situation feels in your body. Does it FEEL like the truth?

2. Ask yourself what fears about the situation might be holding you back from seeing the truth. Write those fears in a journal and allow yourself to be brutally honest.

3. Assess those fears. Rate them on a scale of one (not very fearful) to ten (the absolute worst) and tackle the most fearsome one on your list.

4. Imagine a worst-case scenario. Determine how you will handle it if it happens.

5. Once you have established how you'll handle the worst possible thing, recognize that it likely won't happen. Now move on to the next-worse thing, and all the way on up your list until you've reached your easiest fear.

6. Know that you can handle any level of fear, and that you are within reaching distance of your truth.

7. Now, tell yourself the truth. Let it come out. Write it down. Say it out loud. Dance with it! Whatever the outcome, it is your truth. Resolve now to stay with your essence and allow the teachings of your truth to unfold.