NORMALITY OR AUTHENTICITY—THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔
🌱 For some, normality is something to strive for because it provides a safe social identity within their culture. However, for others, it feels like pure boredom and a straitjacket, keeping them in slavery to external norms and values. They take the risk and start exercising their freedom to be who they are in an ongoing experimentation with life.
💡 Between these two phases, there is a time when we play the typical game and appear to be normal like everyone else, even though we know we are quite different. This is when our authenticity is in the closet and only comes out in private.
👥 I have seen many clients struggle with this conflict, and there are various motivations for staying in the safe zone of normality. Some clients, particularly in business, maintain the façade of normality because it is profitable. As one client realized:
“I prostitute myself for money and success, and I don’t know if I am willing to give that up for being myself?”
✨ Yes, that is the question.
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