Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. Yesterday in our Vibrance Happy Women Facebook group,

I asked the question, if you could wear anything and didn't care what anyone else thought,

what would you wear? We had tons and tons of amazing answers about everything from pajamas

and gym clothes to nudity to steampunk and Victorian. And some people even said they would

wear what they're already wearing now. So it was super enlightening to see the range of answers.

Some of us agreed that we still do care what others think or we would be wearing whatever we wanted.

Super fun conversation. It got me thinking about

authenticity. Authenticity, doing what feels aligned for ourselves. I feel like authenticity really

starts in meditation. And you know I love meditation. I do it before the kids are up. I recommend that

all of you spend at least 10 minutes a day

meditating. Why? Well, you're getting in touch with your higher self, with a higher power,

if that's what you believe, with your intuition. And you can't really be your authentic self

if you don't know who your authentic self is. So in meditation, you can be aware of

your thoughts and realize, hey, this thought doesn't feel good, so that's not an authentic thought.

I'm going to let it go. This belief, however, feels amazing. So that's a part of my authenticity.

You've got to follow those feelings and your authentic self is actually

doing the things that feel amazing to you. We all spend too much time shudding all over ourselves,

looking at the shoulds. I should wear this. I should do this. I should have a pristine house.

I should stay at home with my kids. I should have a job.

And it goes on and on and on and on. Well, when those voices are dominant in our heads, it's hard to be

authentic. That's why we've got to go to meditation to let those shoulds go and tap into that

inner voice, to that communication with God or higher power or the universe

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