Self-Image Versus Self-Fulfillment

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Do you know what's more fulfilling than basking in praises and compliments? Authenticity. Being true to yourself. Today, we're looking at the contrast between self-image and self-fulfillment. We scrutinize how we live our lives, often dictated by our self-image, external perceptions, and societal fitting, and ponder the lasting satisfaction of self-fulfillment - the process of aligning with our true selves and nourishing our souls with authenticity. And, if you want more access to me...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:07.0	I would like to share with you a beautiful contrast that I heard recently and I thought,
0:17.0	oh, I must share this with our pod listeners because it's so good and it's breaking down the difference between self-image and
0:26.8	self-fulfillment.
0:29.9	It's very easy to live our lives based on self-image, what other people think of us,
0:34.7	impressing others, making sure we fit in, making sure we don't stand out or
0:39.0	ruffle feathers, making sure we don't do anything that can have us rejected by a group or a person.
0:45.0	And so our self-image can feel as if it's everything, as if it's very dangerous to rock it, to make a mistake with our self-image,
0:55.0	and to live in this constant state of high alert,
0:59.0	making sure that our self-image is being maintained.
1:04.0	Self-fulfillment is something completely different.
1:08.6	It's filling your soul, it's your authenticity, it's being the real you and connecting with the real you.
1:18.5	The contrast, the specific example that was given was this.
1:30.0	Think about how it feels when you receive some flattery from someone, or a compliment from someone. We know that feeling, we get almost like a temporary high or we start to smile or it can feel just, you know, good in the moment.
1:37.0	And a few minutes later, probably gone.
1:41.0	Contrast that with looking at a sunset or looking at the night sky full of stars.
1:50.0	One is eternal. One feels real on a level we can't even put words to. One is truly our belonging. We are part of something, whether we like it or not, that just lasts forever.
2:20.0	That my friends, is our self-fulfillment, doing, connecting, being the real us. It's so easy to forget about this huge important aspect of our lives. How fulfilled are we? How
2:30.2	fulfilled are you? Do you have the love that you want? You have the experiences that you want.
2:35.8	You have the time to yourself that you want. Are you creatively expressing yourself in a way that only you can.
2:44.0	Or is perhaps self-image and fear ruling.
2:49.0	I think to myself, how can I compare a compliment or a piece of flattery or praise to a sunset
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