When Performing Becomes a Prison

Rebekah wanders through what it looks like to authentically feel instead of perform. In this episode, I’m exploring the blurry line between what I’m authentically feeling and what I’ve learned to perform. How much of what we call personality is actually survival? Our charm, independence, intensity, humor, sexuality, strength — how much of it was built to keep us safe, wanted, needed, or in control? This episode is about the false self, the mask that starts to feel like a face, and the grief of realizing that the identity that once protected us may now be keeping us from truth, intimacy, and freedom.