04/16/2025
🌿 True Self vs. False Self — What’s the difference?
Your false self is the version of you shaped by what others expect.
It’s the part that overfunctions, people-pleases, performs, or hides—trying to stay safe, accepted, or in control.
Your true self is who you are underneath all that—your values, desires, emotions, and instincts that exist even when no one’s watching.
We all develop a false self to survive in certain environments, especially if love felt conditional growing up. But healing begins when we start reconnecting with who we are without the mask.
✨ Ask yourself:
Where in my life am I being performative instead of authentic?
What feels like me, even if it’s messy or uncertain?
This spring, give yourself permission to soften the performance—and get reacquainted with you.
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