Aug 18, 2021
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While the word “authenticity” has been dominating conversations about leadership in just about every industry these days, it is often unclear what authenticity really means. How do we sift through all of the media hype about authentic leadership and move towards embracing our truest selves?
On this week’s episode of The Kayleigh O’Keefe Show, Anja Bjerlin, Mindset Coach for Young Women with Big Dreams, will help us answer this very question. Tune in to learn more about:
• Anja’s definition of authenticity
• How to get in tune with your intuition
• What happens when we take radical responsibility for our own journeys
• And why learning to love yourself is the first step towards leading and living authentically!
Quotes
• “My whole younger life I was really depressed, and I did go against myself in a lot of ways. I finally got some help, and I went to therapy for three years where I figured out that I really need to take responsibility for myself and be honest about who I am and what I want to do.” (4:25-4:51)
• “I didn’t have many role models from the people around me or my parents. I didn’t want to have the work or do life like they did it. So when I found these people that lived and were so happy and content and just were themselves, I felt like ok, that’s something that I could do and be happy with.” (8:58-9:21)
• “[When you’re authentic,] you get to connect with people on another level. You get to bring out other people’s authenticity because they feel safe with being themselves around you. When people see that you just tell it like it is...it’s not about others agreeing but just telling this is what I say, this is what I feel, and people can bring up their feelings and their thoughts, and they don’t have to be the same.” (13:22-13:53)
• “I have to go through stuff, and we all have to go through stuff, but we can get through it if we just stay committed to love and to taking care of ourselves.” (21:07-21:18)
• “It all starts with you and starts with daring to be yourself. I believe if we all could do that we would also be more accepting of others because I believe when we are not nice to others it’s because we aren’t nice to ourselves. Starting with accepting yourself is the most important thing.” (29:49-30:15)
Links
https://anjabjerlin.com/coaching
https://www.instagram.com/anja.bjerlin/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH5P6BOpyLykdHllpLb9TLg
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