Living Authentically

Meg DukeJune 23, 2016June 21, 2016Self-Esteem, Self-TalkAbuse, accountability, active, active listening, active listening skills, addiction, addison counseling, addison counselor, addison therapist, addison therapy, ADHD, Adult ADHD, affirmation, affirmations, aging, alcohol addiction, Anger, anger management, Anxiety, ask, attachment, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, authenticity, Big Bang Theory, binge, Bipolar, body language, boredom, brain, breakup, breathe, breathing, bully, bullying, career, Career Counseling, caregiver, carrollton counseling, carrollton counselor, carrollton therapist, carrollton therapy, CBT, challenge, Change, changes, child, child development, child therapy, childhood, children, clean living, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, cognitive therapy, combat, comfort, Communication, connection, control, controlling emotions, counseling, cravings, critic, criticize, cyber, cyberbully, cyberbullying, cyberspace, dallas counseling, dallas counselor, dallas therapist, dallas therapy, dating, DBT, depressed, Depression, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, diet, dream, drug addiction, drug and alcohol addiction, eating, Eating Concerns, eating disorders, educate, education, Emotion Regulation, emotional abuse, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, empath, empathetic, empathy, empowerment, encouragement, etiquette, exercise, facts, family, family therapy, far north dallas counseling, far north dallas counselor, far north dallas therapist, far north dallas therapy, father, father's day, Fear, feeding, feelings, forgive, Forgiveness, generosity, genes, genetics, golden years, Grief, grieving, ground yourself, grounding, guest post, guilt, habit, habits, health, health living, healthy living, Hospice, Humor, identify, information, inner critic, internet, irrational thoughts, irving counseling, irving counselor, irving therapist, irving therapy, LGBT, living authentically, loss, love, mental health, Military, mind-body, mindful, Mindfulness, mistakes, mood disorder, mood disorders, muhammad ali, mutli-tasking, myths, narcissism, netiquette, neurobiology, neuroscience, nutrition, online, open minded, overwhelmed, parent, Parenting, parents, parkinson's, parkinson's disease, perfection, Perfectionism, perfectionist, perspective, plano counseling, plano counselor, plano therapist, plano therapy, problem, progressive muscle relaxation, psychiatric, psychiatry, puberty, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, REBT, recognizing emotions, reframe, reframing, Relationships, Relaxation, Resilience, response, results, school, science, self awareness, self worth, Self-Care, self-centered, self-centeredness, self-compassion, Self-Esteem, Self-Talk, senior citizens, Seniors, sense of humor, sentimental, Sexual, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual effects, sexual fetish, sexual trauma, sexuality, Shame, signals, snacking, Social Media, soldier, soldiers, solve, spiritual, Stress, stress reduction, Substance Abuse, substance misuse, summer, survive, symptoms, The Brain, the colony counseling, the colony counselor, the colony therapist, the colony therapy, therapist, therapy, thinking, thoughts, tidy, tidying, tips, Trauma, treatment, value, venting anger, verbal, visualize, weapon, work/life balance, worth

“The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are no so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.”

I am living a lie when:

I pretend a love I do not feel
I pretend an indifference I do not feel
I laugh when I need to cry
I spend unnecessary stretches of time with people I dislike
I am kind to everyone except the people I love
I fake beliefs to win acceptance
I allow my silence to imply agreement with convictions I do not share

When I reject myself, I do not grasp that the worst of what I fear from others I have already done to myself – that is, reject me!

When I pretend to be something other than what I am, I cannot win.

For if the false me is accepted, the real me is not; and if the false me is rejected, the real me never even got a shot at being accepted.

If we attach more importance to what other people believe than to what we know to be true, we will not attain authenticity.

Living unathentically is to value a delusion in someone else’s mind above my own knowledge of the truth.

People with low self-esteem have a very low opinion of their own opinion; except their opinion that they’re not “OK!” This opinion is held firmly even in the face of opposing opinions.

-St. Vincent Stress Center

Published by Meg Duke

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