Square Peg Round Hole

We overthink.
And the thoughts bouncing around in our brains shape our world and become our reality. We also take life too seriously. Is it any wonder we are so emotionally stressed and uptight?
What would happen if we chose to relax, care less, and see life as a beautiful gift? Because it is precisely that, my friends. That truth is available for everyone to experience every single day.
You don't have to take everything so serious or let others' thoughts dictate your days which means you don’t have to:

• Pretend to agree with everyone
• Take responsibility for how others feel
• Apologize often
• Always say yes
• Feel uncomfortable if someone disapproves of you
• Act like the people around you
• Need praise to feel good
• Go to great lengths to avoid conflict
• Succumb to the pressure of fitting in
• Believe you are less than others
• Tolerate toxic people

The choice to abandon these behaviors is 100% yours. No one else controls you. But only you can lighten up and stop overthinking. With that list in mind, here are a couple of questions:

1. Who is the person I am being in my life and showing the world? And how much of that person is the truth of who I am?
2. How am I using my public persona to hide my authentic self, and why do I feel the need to hide it?
3. Do I feel a disconnection between the person I pretend to be in the world and the person I connect with more deeply inside myself?
4. What would it look like for me to take off the mask and live more authentically?

I'm excited for you to listen today and find some long-needed freedom on your path to living with authenticity in an artificial world.

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Most of the time, many people who are trying to make significant and lasting changes in their life do one major thing wrong—they go too far too fast. It's like quitting a habit cold turkey. You are either going to fail now or relapse later because you bit off more than you can chew.
Well, breaking free from the acceptance of others is even harder because of the emotional addictions we suffer from in life that keep us hooked on the praise and applause of people. And while we are busy living for the approval of others, we're dying a little bit inside.
The more and more we sacrifice our identity to gain acceptance, the less and less of us is left. So how do you move ahead as your authentic self in a world that requires you to be someone you're not? Slowly. One step at a time is the recipe for finally being free to be you. Or just be.

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Have you heard the phrase (or used the phrase) I need to put on my face? It’s an idiom about putting on makeup; however, the concept can be applied in much broader terms. Because we all put on a “face” of sorts. Our face (or public persona) is the outward identity we reveal to others which may or may not portray the true, authentic you.
In this episode, I talk about the idea of not only taking off your mask but actually choosing to not even put on your face in the first place. What would happen in the world if we followed this challenge? What if we let other people see our blemishes and brokenness? Would we be better as a society? Would we be healthier as the human race?
If you’ve listened in the past, you already know my answer to those facetious questions. If you’re new to Square Peg Round Hole, welcome. You’re about to know my answer, too. But regardless of how long you’ve been listening, I believe you will be brave enough to break some rules to become your true, authentic self in this artificial world. Cheers!

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Have you noticed that it's nobody's fault anymore? No one is responsible. For anything. Personal responsibility is becoming ancient history. It's no longer a virtue we value.
Everyone wants to fight for their rights. But few want to be held accountable for their behavior. For their personal choices. Does life actually work that way? Has it ever?
I'm wading into that idea today with a point of view that the lack of personal responsibility is the greatest threat facing humanity. Not terrorism. No pandemics. Not climate change.
And yes. I'll take responsibility for my words. 😂
SHOW LINKS:

• Hope Partners International
• The Prime Belief | Article by Mark Manson
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F@$k

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Words. We throw them around without pondering their real power. But it begins before they even come out of our mouths. Words begin in the mind. And thoughts become things. So how we use both words and thoughts against ourselves requires some real consideration.

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