Authentically You

Be Authentically You.

That’s our challenge. Living in a world of copy and paste, how can we as women be genuinely and authentically us?

Checking out of conformities, this sphere of technology is about rethinking our “reality” and taking a courageous dive into living life as a real and authentic person.

Authenticity is defined as “of undisputed origin”. You could think of it as genuine, real, bona fide, true, or as I might say epically legit. A second definition goes on to say “made or done in a way that faithfully resembles an original”. The origin, aka root, of the word authentic comes from the Greek “authentikos” meaning genuine/principal.

So in Emily translation it means…just being you for exactly who you are. 

Here’s the kicker though, authenticity is in everyway and in every essence founded and rooted in an "original". In a way authenticity is a real, genuine and faithful representation of something greater, of something truly "original".

In thinking about “being authentic", here is something to ponder. The more rooted you are in the origin, the more connected you are to the "original", the more authenticity you have.

What are you rooted in? Because odds are your life is reflecting it right now regardless of what it is. 

If you love art then odds are you have sharpie marks on your hands from doodling in your notebook. 

If you love reading then odds are you have 5-6 books stacked against your nightstand.

If you love music you probably are listening to it right now. 

If you love photography, how many Instgram pics do you have again? 

If you are a writer than you are probably editing my errors. 

If you are a mom…if you are a runner….if you are a chef…a dancer…you get the point.

Our lives are a reflection of our passions.

Our passions are a reflection of our dreams.

Our dreams are a reflection of who we are.

Who we are is rooted in our original…….so what is your original?

This is the exact point where I must choose to be authentically me....my root, my origin is Jesus.

Without that simple sentence every word I ever think, process, edit, write, submit here means nothing and has absolutely no purpose. From this one truth flows this entire sphere of technology and the scribblings upon it.

My passion is to sort through the mess of culture, society, expectations, perfection, fears, insecurities, pressures of simply living and breathing as woman in this world in the hope that we together might journey in the search of being Authentically You.

-Authentically ME