How do we know anybody else? How does anybody else really know who you are? The truth is that we can only ever know what is in our own perception, so that I may see you through my own eyes differently from how someone else might see you.
There is another, very important factor in my understanding of you, however, which is how you present yourself according to how you feel. Since so much of what you communicate is through non-verbal means, what I naturally pick up (perhaps without even knowing how or why) is the way you show your emotional self. If you are feeling down, or confident, or scared or bored or excited, that’s exactly what I will get from you. And if your words don’t match what you are feeling, I may feel confused, or uncertain about you.
So you might as well be authentic. There’s a powerful thought that might change relationships!
In Peace and Love
Warren Redman www.EFitInstitute.com
Warren Redman trained in the UK as a psychotherapist, facilitator and coach and has developed his own unique style of Emotional Fitness Coaching. He is president of the Emotional Fitness Institute (formally the Centre for Inner Balancing), writing about, teaching and coaching people in Emotional Fitness. He is the author of fifteen books, including the Award-winning The 9 steps to Emotional Fitness, Achieving Personal Success and Recipes for Inner Peace.
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