If we are interested in personal authenticity, we may need to overcome our fear response.

If we are interested in personal authenticity, we may need to overcome our fear response.
To be authentic, we may need to expose ourselves to rejection and unwelcome attention.
Through therapy, we can listen to inner feelings that have been neglected for years.
Being authentic requires skill. We are like carpenters. Our inner values and feelings are our raw materials, but we need to use the tools of wisdom to produce the useful furniture of our behaviour.
Lack of confidence often goes with inner tension and inauthenticity. Sometimes we need to find our own voice again.
We edit ourselves quite severely. From when we were young, we have learned to cut our language’s cloth in keeping with the economy of our