So, go ahead. Pick a mask that scares you a little. Wear it for an hour. You might find that the person staring back in the mirror isn't a fraud.
In movies, the villain always rips off their disguise to reveal their true, monstrous nature. In conversation, we treat authenticity as a binary switch: you are either genuine (mask off) or fake (mask on). mask to transform
This isn't hypocrisy. This is .
Psychologically, we all wear masks (or what Carl Jung called personas) every day. You wear a different mask with your boss than you do with your toddler. You wear a different mask at a funeral than you do at a birthday party. So, go ahead
But what if we’ve been thinking about masks all wrong? You might find that the person staring back
The mask is not a wall to hide behind. It is a scaffolding to grow upon.