In truth, I was not only harming my coworker, I was hurting myself. I felt I had to look, act, and be a certain way in order for people to love me. This is called ego — the ways in which we identify ourselves and declare to ourselves and the world around us: “This is who I am.” After all, who am I when I’m not those things? Am I still valuable? Am I still lovable? Practicing ahimsa helps us trust that what makes us valued as a soul isn’t about how we look or what we accomplish, but how we treat others and how we honor ourselves. Although ahimsa is most often translated as non-harming, it
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