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Step Four: Getting to Know Yourself
Once the assessment, initial introduction and support system are accomplished the really fun work begins. Most of my clients comment that many of their initial apprehensions tend to disappear. They have been avoiding getting to know themselves because of what the psychologists call ‘a suspicion of self-bad-faith’. But they end up finding that they are really a much better, more interesting and important person than they ever allowed themselves to hope.
The initial work is hard and many times I have to push my clients to do the work. But once they are ‘over the hump’, I often have to run to keep up. One client recently told me, “I had no idea that I was this interesting and positive a person. Why have I been avoiding myself for so long?” She had finally met herself and liked what she saw. It was one of those ‘and then the sun came up’ moments.
Step Five: Becoming Who You Are
The core realization is that you are really a far better and more interesting person than you ever allowed yourself to suspect. The positive parts of your life can then be identified and magnified. The negative ones can be reduced and eventually eliminated. But all of that becomes possible only if you first become who you are and accept yourself as a wonderful person with tremendous potential. Everybody has parts of their life that they would rather not have known. And sure, we work on eliminating them. But the greatest part of our work is the discovery of those unique and positive parts that bring value to you and the people around you.
© Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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