Pockets of Authenticity

Being authentic is moving into magic

It is so easy, especially in the online space, to fall into the trap of the trying energy and to get lost in all the shoulds. When I started my online business I felt surrounded by “shoulds”. I should position myself as an expert. I should stick to one thing and make myself easy to understand. I should have a strategy for social media. I should post so and so often. I should make carousels. I should learn how to make reels. I should, I should, I should…

I had the feeling that just being myself was not enough. I should prove who I was, why I was valuable, why what I did was valuable, why someone should buy from me, who I should be, what I should do. I should, I should, I should…

As I kept shoulding all over myself, my true self got lost. I got lost in trying to prove who I was instead of just being who I am. I kept feeling that there was something I was missing, some secret part of the strategy that was just out of sight and out of reach for me. I kept searching and searching outside of me, when in fact, what I was searching for was hidden in plain sight. I was searching for myself.

My energy.
My words.
My pictures.
My way of thinking.
My voice.
My full expression.
My all.

What was missing was my authenticity.

I could see and leave behind the persona I had created. I started finding pockets of authenticity among all the shoulds. I started to express what I wanted to say. Started showing up as me, in my full energy. Believing that as I am my true self, I am magnetic to the right persons and at the same time, giving those who don’t feel aligned with me and what I do, the opportunity to actually see and feel that.

And as I got more and more comfortable in the pockets of authenticity, I could start to expand them. And as they expanded, the persona I was hiding behind could not help but fall away.

If you want to work with me in expanding the pockets in your life, where authenticity is one of them, I invite you to join me in The Unfolding Pockets: one year of expanding the pockets.

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