365: How to stay connected to your true self
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
I believe that we are born as beautiful, pure beings, connected to God/Source and full of love – our true selves.
Though we never lose our true essence, throughout our lives, we have experiences that wound us and we put on masks to feel safe in this world. This creates a sort of "false self" that covers up who we were really meant to be.
But I believe all of us can reconnect with our true selves – our Adult Chairs – and in doing so, live more authentic, peaceful and intuitive lives. This is the heart of The Adult Chair® model and a conscious choice we must make every day!
In this episode, I'm sharing some practical ways you can live connected to your true self, including how to notice and work with the challenges that try to disconnect you from who you really are.
Listen to discover:
● What connection to self means
● Why staying connected to the true self is so important
● The things that disconnect us from our true self
● The power of feeling our emotions and working with triggers
● The way our daily choices impact our connection with self
As I share in a personal story in this show, there will always be someone or something that triggers us, distracts us or tries to pull us away from ourselves. But staying connected to self is a choice! We can decide that no one will take us away from us.
And as always, remember this is a journey, and each moment of challenge is an opportunity to notice where you are on your path and how far you've come. You've got this! There really is no better way to live.
"At the root of The Adult Chair is our true self." - Michelle Chalfant
"Your true self is underneath all these masks, these limiting beliefs." - Michelle Chalfant
"When I'm connected to my true self, I'm connected to my inner compass." - Michelle Chalfant
"When I'm connected with my true self, I have a connection with God, Source." - Michelle Chalfant
"Every time that you sit and work with these triggers and you don't let them take you down, every time you work with them, that trigger begins to lose its power." - Michelle Chalfant
"When we're triggered, there's something in it for us." - Michelle Chalfant
"A trigger is something we carry with us." - Michelle Chalfant
"Holding that connection to the true self, which means staying in our Adult Chair no matter what, is the healthiest place for us to live. It's the most authentic place to live. And it takes work." - Michelle Chalfant
"I am not allowing anybody to disconnect me from myself." - Michelle Chalfant
"The world reflects where we are. The world is our mirror." - Michelle Chalfant
LINKS & RESOURCES
Summer 2023 Adult Chair® Coaching Certification - Doors Close Soon!
https://theadultchair.com/certification
Episode #364: How To Work With Triggers and Parts
https://theadultchair.com/podcasts/364/
MORE ADULT CHAIR
The Adult Chair® Website
The Adult Chair Events
https://theadultchair.com/events/
The Adult Chair® Coaching Certification
https://theadultchair.com/certification
STAY CONNECTED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant/
The Adult Chair® Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Michelle Shelfand, psychotherapist, holistic life coach, and human just like you, |
| 0:09.4 | learning to navigate life challenges. |
| 0:11.8 | With over 25 years experience, I teach people how to get healthy using the adult chair model. |
| 0:17.6 | The adult chair model is where simple psychology meets grounded spirituality, and it teaches |
| 0:23.0 | us how to become healthy adults. |
| 0:26.2 | From anxiety and depression to codependency and relationship issues, you can use the |
| 0:30.4 | adult chair for just about anything. |
| 0:33.7 | Each week, I share practical tips, tools and advice from myself and a wide range of experts |
| 0:40.0 | on how to get unstuck, how to live authentically, and how to truly love yourself, all while |
| 0:45.7 | sitting in your adult chair. |
| 0:48.8 | Welcome to the adult chair podcast. |
| 0:53.3 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to the adult chair, where we talk all about how to live as |
| 1:00.1 | emotionally healthy adults, because you know, we all need this. |
| 1:07.4 | In my younger years, I was not an emotionally healthy adult, so now's the time. |
| 1:13.0 | And the thing that I dedicate my life to is teaching people how to live this way. |
| 1:20.9 | That was the thing that I felt like was missing when I was on my journey of doing all my |
| 1:26.9 | personal work. |
| 1:27.9 | You know, I mean, I think I've shared the civic eyes before, for sure, that I have taken |
| 1:31.9 | just about every certification under the sun looking for that one magic, that one magic |
| 1:37.2 | tool or technique. |
| 1:39.0 | And what I found is it's a combo platter, and that is what the adult chair is all about. |
| 1:44.5 | This whole model teaches us how to live in our emotionally healthy adult self, which |
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