Beyond Self-Care: How to Know Who You Are and What You Really Want

We live in an increasingly hectic world. There are a million distractions vying for our attention every minute of the day, and enough stress to keep you feeling anxious for multiple lifetimes. All of this can make it difficult to focus on who you really are and what you want.

The ability to know who you are is crucial to proper self-care. After all, it’s impossible to truly love others until you’re able to genuinely love yourself.

In this article, we take a look at exactly what it means to know yourself in an authentic way. Keep reading to learn how to love yourself in a way that will lead to greater happiness.

The Voice in Your Head

Everyone has a voice in their head that narrates their entire lives. This voice is relentless and extremely negative. Does your voice ever shut off? Of course not. It yammers on and on about everything you see or feel or remember.

This voice is programmed based on your past experiences, and simply recycles everything you’ve ever thought or felt. The good news is that you can reprogram that voice. This isn’t easy, and it takes practice, but eventually, you’ll come to understand that the voice in your head isn’t really who you are.

So the first step toward loving yourself is to close your eyes and tame the internal narration.

Who Are You?

That’s a great question. Who are you really? For many people, their accomplishments in life are based on expectations. What did your parents expect of you? These exterior expectations often become our expectations for ourselves.

Where Did You Come From?

One way of finding yourself is through the use of past life regressions. This technique helps you learn about yourself on a deeper level by taking a look at the experiences you’ve had in previous lives.

The more you’re able to learn about the past, the better able you’ll be to improve your life in the present.

Learning to Love Yourself

It’s important to understand that most of our thinking and behavior is based upon mental patterns developed in childhood. That’s why spiritual practices such as meditation and past life regression can be so valuable in correcting these unhealthy thought patterns.

Believe it or not, you don’t have to continue the cycle of self-loathing thoughts. And the more you’re able to reprogram this self-abuse, the greater peace you’ll be able to experience.

Mindfulness and meditation are the first steps toward understanding your inner self in an authentic way. And the better you come to understand yourself, the easier it will be to figure out what it is you really need and want out of life.

Tips For How to Know Who You Are

The ability to know who you are is one of the most important aspects of life. This is the way to reach enlightenment, and the lessons contained in this article can help you to attain a greater level of living through authentic peace.

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