Who are You?
Exploring Self-Awareness in the Age of AI
Blogs are everywhere, and I know you might not need another one. If you feel a little bit curious, take a few minutes with my thoughts. I’ll share insights from 25 years of professional behavioral health experience and 47 years of life, exploring wellness, creativity, AI, and what it means to be human in a fast-changing world.
As technology moves faster, our human connections can start to slow, or even feel invisible. In a world where screens and AI dominate our attention, taking time to connect with ourselves and with others is more important than ever.
Self-awareness and safe spaces to explore who we are aren’t just nice to have, they’re essential. Reconnecting with ourselves and with others builds bonds that technology can never replace. Love, belonging, and connection remain core human needs, essential for our well-being and survival, as Maslow first described.
Pause for a moment: What is one thing you know about yourself, without judgment, shame, or guilt? Hold that knowing. Let yourself feel it. Appreciate it. Let it be a starting point. If more than one thought comes to mind take note, write it down, draw it, record it, act it out, whatever feels most comfortable for you.
Imagine someone you trust telling you: You are enough and that your inherent open hearted curiosity, courage, and connection can guide you through life’s challenges. Life will bring clouds, some darker, some lighter, but your inner light is always there. Sometimes you’ll need help from others to uncover it, sometimes you’ll reconnect with it on your own.
There’s never a wrong time to ask: Who am I? Who do I want to be? Living life often calls for reflection, patience, presence, persistence, perspective and even a little playfulness.
So, I invite you to consider: as you read this, as you pause, and as you breathe, who are you in this moment? What’s it like to listen to your answer, right now? I’d love to know, and most importantly, I hope you take a moment to meet yourself here.
“What a liberation to realize that the ‘voice in my head’ is not who I am. ‘Who am I, then?’ The one who sees that.”
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