Go Be Your Favorite Self: A Guided Meditation for Self-Love and Authenticity
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Go Be Your Favorite Self
There's a quote I love that I see going around social media from time to time: "Go be your favorite self." And something really beautiful about that phrase that makes it land differently than the self-improvement messaging we're so used to hearing.
What Is Your Favorite Self?
Most of us have grown up with the idea that we should be striving toward our best self or our highest self. And while there's nothing wrong with growth, those concepts often come loaded with external benchmarks and invisible comparison points. Best self according to whom? Highest self by whose standard?
One of the things that causes us the most stress in life is trying to live up to an idealized image of who we think we should be. We measure ourselves against some imagined, perfected version of ourselves and find ourselves perpetually falling short. That kind of striving can quietly erode our relationship with ourselves over time, leaving us feeling like we're never quite enough as we are.
The concept of favorite self gently sidesteps all of that.
Your favorite self isn't defined by productivity or achievement or how well you're meeting anyone else's expectations. It's the most authentic, joyful version of you, shaped entirely by your own values and desires.
And because it's self-defined, no one can tell you who your favorite self is but you.
An Invitation Toward Authenticity
There's a real creativity and freedom that comes with the concept of favorite self. It has a completely different energy than best self or highest self - it’s more playful, more free, and more unique and individual. It’s a part of ourselves that isn't performing or striving or measuring up; it’s simply and authentically engaged with life.
Most of us know what that feels like, even if we don't always have easy access to it. Maybe it's a memory of a time when you felt fully in your strength, or when you were so genuinely absorbed in something that the self-consciousness just fell away. Maybe it was a moment of feeling deeply connected to yourself and to your life, not pretending to be someone else, just simply and authentically present.
Your favorite self isn't a new version of you to construct or achieve. It's more like a homecoming to something that was always there.
Go Be Your Favorite Self: A Guided Meditation for Self-Love and Authenticity
Spending time with your favorite self is genuinely nourishing. It's loving and soothing in a way to tap into your inner truth and reconnect with who you really are beneath all the noise and pressure. And it can be a beautiful reminder of what actually matters to you deep inside.
Over time, this kind of inner connection becomes something you can return to again and again, a felt sense of yourself that can guide you back home whenever you've drifted.
In this Guided Meditation to Be Your Favorite Self, I use Regenerating Images in Memory® (RIM). This powerful somatic healing technique allows you to bypass surface thoughts and drop deeply into your true feelings and desires, uncovering the authentic self that lives within.
If you're ready to reconnect with the most authentic, joyful version of you (defined entirely by your authentic values and desires), I think you're going to love this one.
Listen to the Guided Meditation To Be Your Favorite Self now!
Episode timing:
00:00 - Favorite Self vs. Best Self
05:24 - Guided Meditation To Be Your Favorite Self
30:33 - Conclusion and Reflections
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BONUS! Ask yourself these questions to be your favorite self more and more:
What would it be like to show up as my favorite self today?
What would it feel like to pursue what genuinely makes me feel fulfilled and alive?
What if I can listen deeply to my own heart and inner wisdom?
What if I can honor my authentic impulses, desires, and inner knowings?
What would it be like to be supported by and connected to my inner wisdom?
What if it’s safe for me to release the need for perfection and embrace my authenticity instead?
What if I could give myself permission to be who I truly want to be?
What if I could get to know my true essence more and more?
What if I could be the version of myself that I like best in this moment?
What if I deserve to show up as my most natural and authentic self?
What would it feel like to let go of any and all pressure to live up to other people’s ideals?
What if I can stop pretending to be anything I’m not?
What would it be like to love and accept my complex and multifaceted self exactly as I am right now?
What would it be like to embrace my uniqueness and celebrate my individuality?
What if attuning to my favorite self can lead me to a more loving and aligned life?
What would it be like to journey toward my favorite life as I define it?
What if I can awaken to my favorite self more and more each day?
More and more, I trust the pull of my favorite self to draw me forward.
More and more, I choose me.
*These questions are called “iffiirmations.” To learn more about iffirmations, click here!
How was that Guided Meditation To Be Your Favorite Self for you?
How do you feel now? And what did you realize?
Please let me know in the comments!
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