Authentic Living

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How to Be Your Truest Self and Love Your Life – SELF

Ready to lead a life you feel good about, from the inside out? Dive in to the following exercises, designed to help you hear your inner voice and heed it, so every day can feel richer, more joy-filled and less stressful, starting right now. What makes you happiest?

Video: Author Parker J. Palmer on “inner authority”

Parker Palmer – Inner Authority

Uploaded by Fetzer Institute on 2009-09-22.

 

Finding Meaning in Your True Self

Humans are social animals. We thrive as a species, in part, because we are able to work together in order to solve common problems. And working together often means compromise. Social life is tactical.

Great advice from Joseph Campbell (Follow Your Bliss)

(1987) From a 1987 documentary, this wonderful bit of advice from Joseph Campbell has stuck with me over the years.

Do You REALLY Know Yourself?

Sounds like common sense, right? Well, sort of. “Philosophers have talked about this concept for centuries, but no one had looked at whether average people actually believe that using your true self as a guide is the best way to make decisions,” says study co-author Rebecca Schlegel, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at Texas A&M University.

Psychologist Edward Deci on “autonomous motivation”

Intrinsic Motivation

The top five questions for motivation-expert Dr. Edward Deci, on how to spur performance and engagement of students, employees, family members and others through motivational techniques.