There are always challenges in life.

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We try so hard to show up the best we can.

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To be the best version of ourselves.

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Yet something always holds us back.

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Usually, it is something that we are not even aware of.

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Something that is so deep and buried that it can very difficult to access.

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And that thing keeps us from being who we truly are.

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It causes us to show up with fear, worry, and a lack of confidence.

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Mostly, it keeps us from being truly present with another human being.

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For it stops us from embodying all the best parts of ourselves.

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Carrying the weigh of this burden can be exhausting, for it something we have carried for a long time.

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The greatest challenge of all around it is just admitting it to ourselves.

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To be truly honest with ourselves about what we have been carrying around inside of ourselves for years.

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And that is the deepest, most painful truth we are afraid to admit not just to others, but to ourselves as well.

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This painful truth is the one that keeps us small and timid.

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Or boastful and falsely arrogant.

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It is the thing that if we speak it out aloud we fear others will agree.

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That we are not good, not loveable, or not loved.

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Or that we are damaged beyond repair, that there is something fundamentally wrong with us.

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The deeper the fear around it the more buried and the harder to access it becomes.

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Yet even though it is not in our conscious mind, it still controls us.

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And creates the decisions we make every day.

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For when this deep truth is so hidden, it ends up running our lives.

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To be free of it is quite simple, yet so challenging.

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Freedom lies on the other side of admitting what we fear most about ourselves.

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By being willing to be so blatantly honest with ourselves, we release it's control over us.

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This may sound simple, and it is, and it is also not easy.

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In fact, it may be the hardest thing we ever do.

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To shine a light on the thing that has been hidden in the dark for so long can be the scariest choice we ever make.

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For we do not know what will happen when we admit it.

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First, admitting it to ourselves is challenging enough.

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Then, when we share it with another person, it can be terrifying.

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Yes when we do, the chains that have bonded us to this painful truth become loose.

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It's grip on our lives is no longer so strong, and we can begin to gain conscious control over how we live our life.

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Admitting this painful truth takes courage and vulnerability.

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And the freedom that lies on the other side of that moment is beyond our imagination.

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Do you know what your deepest painful truth is?

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Can you admit it to yourself and others?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour