What Do You Believe That You Didn’t Create? (A follow up to How We See Ourselves…)

I received so much great feedback from the post regarding the conversation with my daughter around how the beauty industry developed its “standards.” (Here it is if you haven’t read it…) 

Thank you. 🙏 I love reading it all!!

One of the main points illuminated was how deep the threads of body image, shame and what beauty “should” be, show up in women.

And why do we believe so fully, pay so much money to, and operate in a system that we didn’t create?

It’s had me rooted in inquiry and reflection.

Here are some of the questions that arose as a result of this inquiry:

• What do you believe that you didn’t create?
  

• How do you know you believe it?

• What’s your process of discernment to get to what YOU believe outside of what you think you should believe?

• What way of being are you operating from that you didn’t create?
  

• When you are taking an action, who is it for?
  

• Whose voice do you hear in your head? (You know...that voice…)

Underneath all the layers of programming, ego-stories, “shoulds,” identities (mom, wife, friend, sister, boss bitch…) and expectations of others,

Who. Are. You? 

I encourage you to take some time with those questions. When we reach middle age, if we’ve never examined those areas of our minds and lives, this stage of life will most likely present them — gently or forcefully — right in front of you.

This is the time to question everything. Release what doesn’t belong to you. And unleash the True Nature of who you are.