Team Me – Authenticity and Flow
Part three in a six-part series
By examining the roles we play in our lives, we get a sense of where we are closest to our authentic self, and where we are masking and using force. For some of us, when we are at home with our loved ones, we are able to truly relax and feel free to be who we are vs. when we are at work, doing our best to show up as professionals. For many of us, the opposite is true, and we are more authentic when we are in our work roles, exercising our professional gifts.
Regardless of how this plays out in your life, it is a relatively simple exercise to identify where your true self is hiding, and where it is being fully expressed. This is a good thing to know and becomes a focus area about midway through the Team Me experience.
Authentic, effortless power is fueled by our core values, and allows us to express our personal truth without performing, posturing, or emulating some perceived ideal. This is the definition of self-mastery. It resides in the free expression of our uniqueness and is foundational to creating a life of fulfillment.
As a foundation, we will build on self-mastery in your Team Me group so that we can help you find the state of flow. It is this state of flow that allows us to sustain a life “on purpose.”
Flow state is characterized by intense focus, heightened productivity, and a deep sense of engagement. Flow is effortless. It merges action and awareness, is intrinsically motivated, and feels like pure joy. For all these reasons, flow gives us energy for more vs. draining us, despite so much going on in our lives.
Through a series of exercises, and the sharing of our personal insights and experiences, Team Me groups uncover what springs us into flow state. Once there, we discover who in our lives, as well as what activities and environments, support authenticity and flow. The goal? To minimize or neutralize what drains us and optimize what keeps us fully present in our effortless, joyful, energizing power.
In part four of this six-part series, we will explore how Team Me groups collaborate to create a vision for each member’s success as they define it. Learn more and subscribe at https://www.lisa-bosse.com/teammehome