October 9, 2012

Good therapy

By Steve Hauptman

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Being authentic means risking finding out

what we truly feel deep inside

— not just living out ideas and expectations

of who we are or who we should be — 

and even being willing to be surprised

by ourselves.

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We need to be able to tolerate

the bodily experience of vulnerability

that arises when we risk being real…. 

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We are not able to force others

or the world

to meet us with warmth and interest

when we show up in our genuine selves. 

And that is vulnerable.

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We need to be able to stay

with ourselves

to feel and deal with the discomfort

of that in our bodies,

if we are to live an authentic life.

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~ From Authenticity

by Dr. Sandra Parker

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