The Great Unmasking: Embodying Your True Self in Times of Massive Change
The Masks We Hold
I recently saw a reel on IG where a young woman was sharing that she received the adult diagnosis of being autistic and was going through the process of ‘unmasking’. She is in the process of shifting from what is seen as being ‘high functioning’ in her diagnosis and unearthing the ways she molded, abandoned, and suppressed herself to cope and fit in.
Her journey resonated with me on several levels. One reminded me why I created GET EMBODIED as I see society going through an unmasking on a mass level.
Unearthing ways we’ve masked to cope and attempt to thrive in a society that shames anything that threatens the status quo.
It’s the bullying of the tall girl in class, the smart kid with glasses, or the boy who doesn’t fit gender norms. It’s the unspoken you don’t belong here because of race, gender, class, or education. It’s the verbal and nonverbal ways we’re taught to fit in – to belong, to survive.
Crumbling Paradigms
Now old paradigms are crumbling all around us and new ones are being called forth. we are in many ways being forced to drop the masks, heal the shame, and shine our light from the inside out.
There is a deep craving for more, an inner ache that can at times be hard to put our finger on. What is it to feel safe and nourished enough to allow you to be you? Or to do so despite the former?
Will you listen to the whisper of your heart?
New Ways are Emerging
As the world shifts and world paradigms break down new solutions are needed. Careers will evolve, new industries will emerge, outdated industries will die, and other industries will transform completely.
Times of change can be exciting, scary, and uncertain all at once.
A lot can feel unknown as things shift – old ways don’t work anymore and new ways have yet to be learned.
There is a massive opportunity and need for the creative visions that live in each of us to be brought forth. New models of leadership and management are unfolding as the codependent power structures of yesterday fall away.
New and ancient ways of relating are evolving as we learn to honor the humanity within ourselves and each other.
Creative outlets for play, education, and connection are being rediscovered as we reclaim permission to be our whole selves.
Decor, fashion, and technology that serve functional needs and desires vs feed inner voids field by consumerism are forming.
Processes, policies, and governance that serve a sustainable planet are being created.
So much is happening before our eyes and we are the ones charged with bringing it forth.
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What Will It Take?
Bringing forth something new or that seems a bit out of the box – maybe it merges multiple industries or invalidates all of the rules of those that came before – takes courage.
Sometimes it feels like you are the only one who will get it, it can feel incredibly lonely at times, and yet in your heart you know you are the one or one of the ones to bring it forth.
So you do your part.
You face the fear.
Listen to your soul.
Trust yourself and your vision.
Disconnect from false dependencies.
And unmask.
Embody Your True Self
Embody (verb): to represent a quality or an idea exactly
This is the Cambridge dictionary definition, which I feel is perfect for this occasion.
Unmasking provides the gift of revealing more of you. There isn’t anything else to try, do, or even become on this journey.
You’re already it!
The self-embodied you.
Unlayered of societies’ expectations and shoulds.
Unlayered of years of un-alchemized disappointment and heartbreak.
Unlayered of the stories created through the rationalization of safety vs the experience of safety.
Unlayered of the lies you told yourself about yourself for the sake of survival and fitting in.
Unlayered of the self-rejection that comes from seeking acceptance in a society that was never designed to love you for you.
Filled with the grace that comes with allowing you to be you.
Filled with the inner peace that comes with complete self-acceptance.
Filled with the self-love that comes with listening to your heart’s deepest desires.
Filled with breath that breathes and sustains you in each moment.
Filled with the expression seeking to be expressed through you.
Conclusion
Codependent models of business and leadership are crumbling all around us.
New ways of being are emerging and the solutions lay within the hearts’ and minds’ of humanity – our change agents, healers, light workers, transformational leaders, and impact entrepreneurs.
The stakes feel high, challenges unprecedented, and prioritizing purpose (while necessary) like a threat to our very survival.
This is by design, by the way.
The intentional unmasking and inner cultivation of the embodiment of nothing more or less than the very existence of you is required.
This is the single most pivotal practice for transformational leaders today.
Hello, my name is Tiffany. My mission is to help you find soul-aligned solutions to birthing your vision on this planet.