My goodness. My goodness. Joni L Davis here. You can call me Aunt JD. Please think of me like a sweet Aunt who has time for you and shows great curiosity about you. 

You are such a precious being with all the ways you experience and express your Essence qualities like tenaciousness, and industriousness, and ingenuity. I know, I know, you’re not always in these Essence qualities and that’s what we’re exploring today.

You so want to express yourself and take actions that are from the truth of who you are. So I’m writing to you to help you understand your Authenticity better than you ever have before. To do that we’re answering a new question each week or so about Authenticity. 

Aunt JD here Bud to explore with you about perception and the Window of Openness. Perception is a tough one, because although we all seem to think we’re seeing reality as it is, we have mostly been trained to add some extra sauce meanings to reality without realizing it.

I’m so excited to be exploring with such a willing and able young adventurer at heart! I can imagine how you use your Essence qualities from the inside out. I can imagine you feeling powerful knowing you have all those resources inside of you…

Hi fellow authenticity explorer! I was thinking about you and how much I enjoy contemplating you relaxing and feeling free inside to be who you always wanted to be. It brings up the question for this exploration. 

Hi my sweet! Aunt JD coming to you with some ideas about authenticity and how we can learn to trust our authenticity instead of guarding it from being hurt. I’m thinking about your authenticity right now. How attractive and inviting it is.

I wanted you to know I think you’re being very courageous looking within yourself for your answers in your own authenticity. Especially because our culture teaches us to turn away from the feelings we’re afraid to feel about ourselves. Essentially we’re taught to turn away from our own authenticity. 

How are you doing with your new way of being with yourself? Are you catching the training you received and noticing how it wasn’t always teaching how to trust your authentic self? It can feel very sad to realize that we have been thinking we’re being authentic all these years but we’ve been stuck in Pleaser, Protector, or Punisher defensive strategies. 

How’s your awareness expanding? Have you been getting super curious about yourself and your authenticity so you can know when you’re in it and when some fears have knocked you out of it? I bet you have. If there’s one thing I know about you, it’s your willingness to learn by facing the hard stuff instead of avoiding it.

Aunt JD here, loving up on your Essence! I know you sometimes feel vulnerable and you hate that feeling. Most people learn to avoid their vulnerability like it’s Long-Covid. I can only imagine the hoops you jump through on a daily basis to make sure those kinds of feelings never come up.

Aunt JD on the prowl to cultivate curiosity about how to be authentic. Today we’re taking a look under the microscope about our emotional needs and how they affect our daily lives. Let’s get to our question of the day.

Aunt JD on loose with some truth about authenticity. Giggle. I’m realizing we need to explore how to cultivate your Essence qualities from within so they are easily available for you to engage from in your daily life. Your Essence qualities are your most valuable assets my friend.