I am. I am a. I am my friend.

​Have you ever contemplated who you really are?  I mean now what you do but who you really are.  How would your family members, best friend or colleagues describe you?  When we are asked to say who we are generally the first words that come to mind are the roles that we play in life.  I’m a business owner, wife, mother, sister, brother, aunt, coach, confidante, personal trainer, web site designer, image consultant, and the list goes on.  These labels are the roles we play in life and most generally we describe ourselves as to the role we play or the position we hold.  Have you thought more deeply about who you are? 
When we know who we truly are and appreciate our strengths and our traits it allows us the freedom to embrace who we truly are and be who we truly want to be.  
A great exercise is to grab a pen and paper and on one side of the page at the top write the heading
 I  am a…………………
This is where you can write down all of the labels, those role or job descriptions.  These roles don’t define who we are, the roles change as the seasons of our lives change, job changes and relationship changes. 
On the other side of the paper is where we really get to think about who we truly are, what makes us tick, who we truly are, our core essence, all of this enveloped in our values.  I am kind, sincere, happy, generous, grateful, calm, ambitious, faithful, determined, courageous, optimistic…..
 Head this page up with
I am ………
Now is your time to contemplate and think about who you truly are.  For some people this is a difficult task to consider their true essence, what makes them tick.  It may be helpful to think about how your best friend or a special family member would describe you.  Maybe light a lovely candle, put on some soft music and diffuse an essential oil and take some time out for you to figure out who you are.
This is the last part of the exercise and is a powerful moment.  As you read through your list of I am, consider if you were to meet you in one of the roles on the other side of the page would you like you?  Would you want to be friends with you?  Would you want to sit down and share lunch or chat with you?  If you’re not sure in some of the areas, this is a great place to start looking at how to be more of what you are happy with.
This exercise is a powerful exercise to do 2 or 3 times a year as a little self-check in.  Are you going to try this for yourself?  Comment below with what you learnt from this exercise.