Category: Authenticity
When You Don’t Love the Season
Source: Photo by Alli Spotts-De Lazzer A lot of people have strained relationships with this time of year. But it goes against the grain to […]
How to Stop Intellectualizing Your Emotions
In a world that often values rationality and control, we frequently find ourselves intellectualizing our emotions. This process involves dissecting our feelings, analyzing them, and […]
How to Find Your Truth
Finding your truth is a profound and transformative journey that requires self-reflection and introspection. It involves discovering and embracing who you truly are at your […]
Thinking About Food Through the Lens of Authenticity
Source: Elaine Dundon The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 2023 Word of the Year is “authentic.” This word has many meanings, including: real; honest; not false or imitation; […]
Embrace Authenticity and Live Your True Self
Source: Pexels / Alexandersuhoruc In a time when conformity often takes precedence, embracing our authentic selves can seem daunting. However, as Brene Brown articulates in […]
Fake vs. Authentic: Why We Care
Fake Vermeer Source: National Gallery of Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons It is often the stories behind an object that make it important to […]
Where Are You on the Authenticity Curve?
One of the exercises that can help people think about what authenticity means for them is called unraveling your blueprint. It is quite simple, just […]
This Less-Than-a-Minute Action Can Make a Big Difference
The check-in is a very brief message to your friend, significant other, family member, or whomever else you are close to simply tell that person […]
Coming Out From Hiding My Hearing Loss
MY HEARING SERVICE DOG, LEAH LYNN HIGHTOWER I knew when I gave the heroine of my novel, Junie Lagarde, hearing loss, my secret would be […]
Interrogating the Cost of Silence and Finding My Voice
Woman with finger to her lips Source: Stock Photo ID: 1788445172 / Shutterstock My friend, a former broadcast journalist, recently sent me an archived piece […]