395: Leigh Martinuzzi – The Lady with The Hairy Legs, Challenge Conditioned Perspectives & Be Authentic

The Lady with The Hairy Legs – Challenge Conditioned Perspectives & Be Authentic

In this episode I wish to share with you an experience I had that, yes, believe it all not involved a lady with hairy legs. There are two thoughts that I hope you take away from this talk and they are why we must challenge our perspectives and be authentic.

The first is that it’s good to be authentic. We are so pretentious and consumed by pleasing and externally created definition of the Self. I think women and men both succumb to these pressures just in differing ways. The expectations we place on ourselves rob us of our authentic beauty. There is an attachment to an expectation that such behaviors will raise our level of self-worth yet when it doesn’t this causes dissatisfaction in life.

The second is that it’s healthy to challenge our conditioned perspectives. Initially, I was put-off when I saw this lady standing above me at the edge of the pool but when I paused to reflect I realized my perspectives were flawed and useless. I walked away feeling very positive and appreciating the beauty of this lady and her courage to be comfortable with her natural self.

Enjoy this thought!


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