8 WAYS TO BE UNAPOLOGETICALLY AUTHENTIC

It has become incumbent upon me to express how relevant authenticity is to our success and most importantly to purpose. To be authentic in a world filled with fabricated personas and falsified ego-curated identities is so sublime and yet so under-accomplished by many who inhabit this very Earth. In this new modern age society, people can often be found living in survival mode chasing success which to them mostly looks like monetary and materialism. They can often be found chasing popularity for higher-ranking social status to validate their self-worth. Or they can be found chasing people to obscure their fears of being alone and to provide themselves with temporary emotional comfort to relieve them of their internal struggles of lack of wholeness; all of which dwell in the commonality of lack of self-love.   

Choose to live in your authenticity and dwell in the bounds of self-love and everything else ultimately follows and you’ll become distinctively magnetized for ample love, success, and affluence. Practice living in your authenticity and you'll never need to chase what continues to elude you again. Here are 8 ways to be unapologetically authentic;

1.  Define and embrace your strengths. Define and embrace your strengths and accept your weaknesses for they are what makes you special. In all your complexity you have talents and gifts that go beyond the physical. I encourage you to embrace who you are without fear of condemnation. Perceived by most as quite uncanny and eccentric, I am a divine feminine with a keen sense of spirituality and connection to the divine. I can see through the flesh to the core of the soul. I am the weight lifter, the adjudicator, the death bringer of all things karmic. I am the epitome of self-love, renewal, and rejuvenation. I am rehabilitation, the bringer of balance and restoration. I own and accept living in my authenticity. Will you? 

2.  Explore your values. Your values define your character which defines your sense of self-worth.  Values of morality and virtue, integrity, honesty, love, peace, and respect are values of a soul that is both immortal and divine. These are values that make people most admirable in the eyes of all beholders both visible and concealed. 

3.  Acknowledge your intuition. The acknowledgment of intuition opens the doors of self-trust. Self-trust is an important factor in confidence building and with a profound sense of confidence and a keen connection to our intuition, we can master self-awareness. Self-awareness is key when practicing authenticity as it allows you to use discernment and make sound decisions as you healthily navigate through your life’s experiences. 

4.  Connect with your emotions. Being in tune with your emotions and being able to acknowledge the root cause through newfound self-awareness is a positive step forward toward living authentically.  The more you connect with and positively identify where those emotions are stemming from the more you'll be able to healthily process them and heal from the traumatic experiences that have caused them. The more we heal, the more we elevate into higher-level frequencies that move us deeper into authenticity. 

5.  Practice mindfulness. Mastering mindfulness is the way we can proactively identify problems that require an immediate solution and it's the key to initiating lifestyle changes that will help us live a life of serenity and abundance. Those lifestyle changes we initiate by simply being a master of mindfulness are what will bring us closer to being our most authentic expression of self. With a mastery of mindfulness, poise, and good deportment can be cultivated. You'll learn to silently observe without passing judgment or rendering thoughts of bias and to think before acting or speaking, allowing you to determine whether your actions or words are a reflection of your ego or your heart space. Our hearts are what connect us to our soul self which is our most authentic expression of self.

6.  Build your social support system. Surround yourself with people who genuinely want you to succeed in your evolution to become the best variant of yourself and for no one but yourself. People who support your ambitions and are a positive influence in your personal life. People who help you grow mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. People who share the same values and principles as you do and people with whom you share a deep affinity.  These kinds of people are people you have a deep connection with so they over stand you and you'll never feel the need to have to explain who you are. These people are on the same road of authenticism and will continuously love, and support you and exhibit genuine care and concern, and compassion for you. These are the people who will uplift and empower you rather than point out your flaws and insecurities without any intention of helping you overcome them. People who will leverage your weaknesses against your strengths and make you feel important. People who make you feel beautifully inspired and accept you for all your imperfections. 

7.  Develop the courage to face your fears. Where there is fear faith cannot exist so live a life where you walk by faith never by fear. Fear presents itself in different forms. Never be afraid to take calculated risks that will bring you closer to purpose. Never be afraid to take leaps of faith that will bring you closer to experiencing true unconditional love. Those risks that you are fearful to take are exactly what will lead you to the life that you’ve always desired. Don't allow fear to be the barrier that keeps you from those fortunate strokes of serendipity that will lead to a eudaimonic life. 

8.  Take daily actions towards self-valuation. Look inward for gratification and validation. There are no amount of social media likes or follows that can make you feel as valuable as you would if you’d only take the time to see the value within yourself. No one on this Earth can be compared to your likeness because you are that uniquely designed. There is nobody on Earth that can define your self-worth if you’d only take the time to re-define your values, rearrange your priorities, re-invent your lifestyle, and re-create your self-image to align with what’s exceptionally priceless; your highest level of consciousness or your highest version of self.