Key Aspects of Authenticity:
- Self-Awareness: Understanding your own values, beliefs, and personality is crucial to being authentic.
- Congruence: Your actions, words, and behaviors align with your internal self.
- Honesty and Transparency: Being truthful with yourself and others, and not hiding behind a facade.
- Courage: Being willing to express your true self, even when it's vulnerable or might lead to discomfort or criticism.
- Self-Acceptance: Accepting your flaws and imperfections, and not striving for a perfect image.
- Integrity: Maintaining consistency between your values and your actions.
In March of 2025; I went to the emergency room with a D.V.T. (deep Vein Thrombosis
and a pulimary embolism) P.E. which resulted in my left leg swelling three times the size it normally is
and turning purple. After being admitted to the ICU it was discovered that I had 5 blood clots in my leg
and three in my lungs.
Scarey is an understatment! At this point I decided I needed to make some changes with myself.
This is where it begins....