The Masks We Wear
In our day to day lives, we all wear masks or personas we project in the world. We wear them to be fun, for protection, and we wear them to hide parts of ourselves. Our masks start to take form at a young age due to the circumstances we faced growing up and the beliefs we formed about ourselves or beliefs imposed on us by others.
When we have a negative belief about ourselves, our default way of reacting is to hide it. One of the ways to hide our flawed self is to develop the opposite quality we are trying to hide. If someone has the belief of not good enough maybe they wear The Mask of Overachiever. If it’s Unloveable, one might wear The Mask of The Temptress. Typically we have two masks we feel most comfortable with, the one we wear on the outside and the one we wear inside that few people see.
In a series of blog posts and videos, I am going to be exploring the different masks that we wear, why we wear them, and how to overcome them. In order to let go of shame and create peace within ourselves, we have to be willing to look at how we hide behind our masks. When we can see why we behave the way we do and how we attract certain experiences and people into our life, we are liberating ourselves from beliefs that no longer serve us which allows us to take off the mask we hide behind. By doing so we step into our authentic self, making choices that serve us, creating opportunities we never thought possible and we generate a deep sense of self-worth and value.
My hope is through this series you are able to identify a mask you wear that you are ready to take off. It’s time! Free yourself from outdated beliefs so that you can stand boldly and authentically.
Look for my next post soon on The Mask of Poor Me!
Supporting you fully,
Maggie
