Reclaim who you are at your core | #PERSPECTIVES with Sharon Pearson

Crust: Decisions, goals and life’s purpose is determined from a place of ‘What would make me look good?’ and ‘How do I hide my Crud (crap)?’ Crud: Decisions, goals and life’s purpose is determined from a place of fear, lack of trust, self-doubt, self-loathing and constant negative self-talk... Core: Decisions, goals and life’s purpose is determined from a place of love, truth, courage, a sense of adventure, playfulness, and childlike wonder... We developed a layer over our authentic self, and we’ll call it Crud. We piled into it all we were told about ourselves about how we were wrong. We pile into it all we modelled by watching our Magical Big People. We piled into it all we believed is true about our flawed, shameful self. This is the layer that is in charge of our self-talk, if our self-talk is anything less than loving, supportive, and mindful to treat us with love, care and respect. But we couldn’t possibly go into the world with this Crud on display. No one does. That would be the ultimate shame. So we cover it up. We bury it. We disguise it. We hide it. We put a mask on to face the world and to appear ‘presentable’. And this layer we’ll call our Crust. The surface bit of us that we think the world will accept. Exhausting. Watch the full episode to discover how you can get closer to your core self.