Defining & Finding Your Authentic Self

,Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom,. - Aristotle

Lillian, a patient of mine, didn’t know who she truly was. She lacked a sense of self. At any given moment of the day, she struggled to know what she felt, what she needed, what she wanted, and what she desired. Equally important, she struggled to know her limits and boundaries and what she did NOT want or like.

“I feel like a shell,” she said early in our work, “or sometimes like a willow tree. I feel blown around by the winds of li...