There are two of you living in your head: the real you and the false you.

The false you is the incessant thought machine that produces conflicting messages through out your day. It never shuts up. You will often hear something like: “You should just go for it” and it’s quickly followed by “Are you sure you have the ability to do this?”

The real you is the steady, peaceful you that knows that everything is going to be okay in your life. It may not all be easy, but you know that you are exactly where you need to be.

Through a series of traumatic experiences in my late 30s and mid 40s, I came to know the truth in my life: I can choose to place my attention on something other than the false self. That is what it took for me to awaken. I came to understand that I could spend my precious hours living a life of blame, hurt, and feeling like the world is against me. Or, I could live a life with more peace than not by filtering what the false me was saying.

Awakening to this reality and staying conscious is the goal in life. It takes continual effort to live this way, but it is more than worth it.