How to Find Your True Self

How do find your true self? There are lots of books and tons of techniques and thousands upon thousands of coaches that tell you how to go about it.

I have found another one which is cute, simple and straightforward. You just have to have the guts to get started.

It's from James M. Lynch's The Hamlet Secret: A self-Directed (Shakespearean) Workbook and no, it's not about thee and thou and whatnot or quoting Shakespeare throughout.

Each chapter and exercise is based upon certain lines or acts om Hamlet. For instance, the first chapter talks about Unfolding Yourself. Don't you just love this title! It's about revealing who you are and that's the exercise - to describe yourself.

Then there's Few thy voice - put a sock in it and be present to listen to the other person: The Villain - who is really the villain in you life; it might not be who you think.

The title's are catchy and the self-analysis indepth. The exercises in the workbook are fascinating and geared to reveal to you who you truly are with all your quirks and foibles and still be a blessed person. It is all about acceptance.

And it is between you, the author and Hamlet. In other words, it is safe. The Workbook is more than worth the price. Get it and join James' network community Do It Yourself Life Coach.

Now, moving on to a sample exercise from the workbook - True Self Exercise.

1 - If you had to make a list of your "Perfect Self" what would those qualities and attributes be? 

2 - List those qualities - yes, every one and don't be shy about it.

3- What activities would that "Perfect Self" - that's you - be doing on a regular basis i.e. daily, weekly, and yearly?

4- Write down those activities in detail as well.

5- Now, here's where it gets even more interesting. Choose any activity from the above list and do it.

Examples of how I went about it.  Some items on my first list are being compassionate (instead of dismissive or critical), beautiful firm legs, butt and tummy. 

And my list of activities includes a whole lot of pampering - weekly massages, sauna, manicure and pedicure, a personal trainer, facials and so on.

Now that I'm in the Caribbean I don't know anyone and I have to find out what's available and up to my standard.

So I chose exercise as the first activity from the list. I'm accustomed working out five days a week and I no longer have a personal trainer, so I bought a T-Tapp Basic Plus Workout DVD and work out with it every morning.

This is the most important item on my list because I feel fabulously sexy and really pumped when I exercise and I love my body even more then.

And with 33 to 36 degrees (90 to 100F) temperature every day, there is no incentive to move unless you have to.

I really hope this little glimpse into James M. Lynch's Hamlet Workbook whets your appetite to go out and get yours. I promise you will not regret it!

What do you think of this True Self Exercise and what have you discovered about yourself because of it? Let me know.