Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Dr. Seuss
Welcome to The Authentic Zone – where you can discover and develop the “true you.”
I’m Helen McConnell, creator of The Authentic Zone.
Some people seem to be born just knowing who they are and how to be authentic. Those “naturally authentic” amongst us are: confident without being cocky; charismatic without being controlling; successful in the important areas of life. Most of us, however, lose sight of who we are by the age of 8 or 9, lose track of our true nature, and then wonder why our lives don’t seem to be working the way we think they should. Count me in the latter group – the majority of adults, I’m sorry to say. We somehow missed the lessons on self-esteem, self-empowerment and self-love. We stopped thinking for ourselves, and gave our power to our siblings, our parents, our teachers, and (probably most damaging of all) our [equally as confused] peers, from whom we learned about life. I’ll be getting into more depth about this in later posts.
Those of us who lost our true selves at an early age must become”intentionally authentic,” hopefully learning from those “naturals.” If we learn well, we choose to unearth the treasure of our true selves, polish off our divine gifts, and shine! We are adamant about living life with integrity, and to the fullest, each and every day, because we have a lot of time to make up for – all those years when we were living under the power of a lie.
I hope you’ll join with us as we move into The Authentic Zone – where life is a blast, miracles happen, and dreams really do come true! I will be sharing my experience and tools with you, and I look forward to hearing from you! Questions, comments, experiences. It is my intention that this be a learning and a teaching forum – for all who enter here.
2012 is off to an incredible beginning! Cheers!
