Working on yourself is an endless journey. So here are a few signs that indicate you are an authentic person.

1) Consistent Personality

Your personality doesn't change depending on who you're interacting with. Your boss gets the same version of you that the server gets at the restaurant.

Naturally, you still respect boundaries and different requirements of you within certain spaces, but you refuse to "code-switch" or hide behind masks in order to assimilate into any environment. What people see is what they get!

2) Shadow Work

You have done (or are doing) the crucial internal work. You have delved into your past, understood the needs of your inner child and the circumstances that have affected your journey to becoming who you are today.

Not only this, but you move forward with this greater understanding of self, using past traumas as a learning tool and asset, rather than insidious inhibitors of your current and future progress.

3) Fake Detector

It makes your feel crazy at times, but your "fake detector" goes off regularly... And when it goes off, it goes OFF. Being around fake individuals or facing many surface-level interactions bothers you wayyy more than it does other people.

In the same way that your authenticity can trigger other people, fakeness can feel intensely uncomfortable for you.

4) Emotional Range

You allow yourself to experience the full range of emotions without labelling them "bad". No emotion is inherently bad.

Emotions are just tools for us to get to know ourselves better. You give yourself the space to feel and express your emotions in a healthy way and learn more about yourself every time.

5) Integrity

Your beliefs, values and principles are congruent with your actions. You say what you mean and mean what you say, and back it up with actions. So for the most part, how you conduct yourself in private is the same way you would in a public settings.

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