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Unmasking Your True Self: Rediscover Who You Really Are — Episode 237
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- Connect 2 Love
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- Sep 7, 2026
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Summary
What if finding your true self isn’t about becoming someone new—but letting go of everything you were taught you needed to be? Beneath the people-pleasing, expectations, roles, and identities you’ve outgrown, something extraordinary is waiting to be remembered: you. 🔹 EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode of Connect 2 Love, Lisa LeRose and Michael J. Russ explore the journey of rediscovering your authentic self—the person beneath the masks, expectations, limiting beliefs, and roles we sometimes adopt in order to belong or gain acceptance. The conversation begins with a powerful question posed by astrologer Bryan Coulter: “Who are you when the lights go out?” Who are you when no one is watching—when there is no one to please, impress, accommodate, or live up to? And perhaps an even deeper question: Who were you before the world told you who you needed to be? Lisa and Michael explore how easily we can build identities around what we believe our lives should look like. We become the caretaker, the achiever, the peacekeeper, the people pleaser—and somewhere along the way, we can lose touch with our own inner voice. But awakening isn’t necessarily about becoming someone better. Perhaps it’s about remembering who you’ve always been. Like a sculptor revealing the masterpiece already hidden within the marble, self-discovery can be a process of gently releasing what no longer fits—while honoring the experiences that helped bring us to where we are today. Beneath those layers are the unseen treasures that make you uniquely you: your creativity, joy, wisdom, gifts, inner radiance, and capacity to love. The light was always there.The treasure was always there.You were always there. 🔹 WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER✨ How expectations and people-pleasing can disconnect us from our authentic self✨ Why…