1 Simple Practise To Connect With Who You Really Are

So many of us get caught up in day to day life and forget who we really are.

To be the perfect mother, partner, sister, daughter, employee, business owner. Whatever ‘roles’ we may fill and how that is ‘supposed’ to look via the impossible standards we place on ourselves, and those that society and our place in it have told us to live up to.

We adopt the identity the world has told us we should be.

We take on all the beliefs passed down to us from our family.

We allow society to tell us who we are.

Yet, every now and then, we feel something. We might not be sure what it is, but something doesn’t feel right.

It can come to us in many forms - we are such diverse creatures all having such individual experiences. And, yet, our disconnection from ourselves can so often come in a form that is universally familiar.

It might look like crying in the shower so your family doesn’t hear you.

Or losing it at your partner over something seemingly insignificant. Feeling out of control of your emotions, and feeling them all bubbling up.

It might be as simple as looking in the mirror one day and not recognising the face looking back at you.

And there are so many signs that our soul is speaking to us but maybe we have forgotten how to listen.

Here is a simple practice that will give you a chance to find out who you really are:

Set yourself a goal this week.

For the next 7 days, I invite you to STOP and give yourself the gift of compassion.

• Each morning before your day starts, sit or stand in front of the mirror for 5 minutes.

• Listen to your thoughts.

• What do you really think about yourself?

• What do you tell yourself every day?

Our own words can be the most detrimental or the most loving. But sometimes we are so out of connection with ourselves that we don’t even realise what we’re thinking.

• As the week goes on, start to curiously explore:

  • What thoughts keep coming up on repeat?

  • What slight changes can you make in your thoughts to turn them from criticism or judgement to gentle kindness and compassion for yourself?

  • What do you need right now?

  • How can you sit with yourself during this time and start to give more and more love to yourself?

What we sometimes forget - in the busyness of life when things can feel so out of our control - is that we, in fact, are responsible for ourselves.

You are the one that can change who you are.

You are the one that can change how you think.

And you are the one that can change your entire life.

Stop, look & listen...

The possibilities are endless when we create some space for ourselves.

Try this out for a week and then come on over to Facebook or Instagram and comment or DM me and let me know how you go!

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