Connecting to your Essential Nature through Self-Fidelity
This article is some sort of hybrid between book review and self-help piece. I could start with the usual cliché’s — “This book will change your life…”. I won’t, though. I will say that every so often, you come across a concept that is epiphany inducing. Something that makes you think, “Yes, that’s what’s missing.” For me, that concept was Self-Fidelity.
Cassandra Goodman coins the term Self-Fidelity in her new book ‘Self-Fidelity. How being true to yourself uplifts your working life’.
If you’re into the likes of Brené Brown or Simon Sinek, I suggest you add Cassandra to your reading list.
I’ve had this hidden gem sitting in my pile for a touch too long. I’ve been on maternity leave and avoiding anything and everything work-related. Living in a state of blissful denial.
Recently, I’ve caught myself deep in moments of self-reflection. Wondering who exactly I am, where I want to be in life, how I’m going to achieve it. After a few weeks of procrastinating, I thought to myself, “You really should read the book”…
For as long as I’ve been working, I’ve been able to move interchangeably between ‘work Jessie’ and ‘life Jessie’. Like two separate beings. I’ve always viewed work as a necessary evil. A means to an end, something you do so that you can…
