Theme of the week for me. It has been rummaging around in most of client and personal work. I suppose most psychotherapy is really just the process of getting out of our own way and accepting what we are, and allowing our authentic self to flourish.

Once you allow the authentic you there is no more comparison required. You are finally you, not better or worse; No value judgement required. It won’t matter what others think you are, you will just be you. And, with that realisation you will know and understand you are not what others imagine you are. Neither will you need to put them straight with justifications, it just won’t be necessary. What possible difference will it make if you have accepted yourself. There is freedom in self acceptance freedom from neurosis, freedom to be authentically you.