Are you real or fiction?

Do you have a fantasy of who you should be? Most of us do - we have an idea of how we should think, react, behave, or feel if we were the best version of ourselves. But unfortunately, that person doesn't exist. They are just as fake as a character in a novel. The person you're trying to be is as real as Anne of Green Gables or Princess Buttercup. She is nonsense.

But we often have a deeper, more intimate relationship with this fictional character than we do with our true selves! Or we have a relationship with our true selves that's predicated on trying to change, force, or shame ourselves into becoming the fiction.

The voice in our head is like the parent who's constantly saying, "Why can't you be more like so-and-so?" Except so-and-so is Dumbledore or Ponyo the fish!

In this week's episode of Confessions of A Parent Coach, talking about this fantastical relationship and how it keeps us stuck in pain and stagnation.

If you are ready to give up your futile quest for a fairy tale being a pretend person, and instead begin a love affair with your actual, for realsies SELF, I can help! It starts with a free Discovery Call where you tell me everything you've been trying to create and get honest help with what is possible and how to get there: https://calendly.com/annkaplan/discoverycall