As Polonius says in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", "to thine own self be true". 400+ years later, that's just as true as ever, and not being able to be comfortable in your own skin can be a major life obstacle.

1. Being Comfortable in
Your Own Skin
By Matthew Ludwick

2. What does it mean?
• You can freely express your
opinions, set your boundaries,
direct other people and move
about your life.!
• You can do all of this without
fearing rejection.

3. What if I fear
rejection?
• You’re withholding your “personal
power”, or right to be just as you
are.!
• You fear what others think about
you, and are giving them
unnecessary power to determine
how you feel, what you do and
even what you think.!
• You become powerless and
subject to the whims of others.

4. It’s a mind trick…
• These insecurities are all
occurring based on your
own projections.!
• You’re making yourself
powerless over what you
believe about others.!
• It’s a false anticipation of
some form of rejection.!
• Being uncomfortable in your
own skin is like anticipating
rejection at every turn.!
• You doom yourself to
rejection before giving
others a chance to respond.

5. Reality check!
• People will reject you in the
real world, but not as often
as you fear.!
• Dealing with occasional
actual rejection is a lot
easier than perpetual, self-
inflicted anticipatory
rejection of self-sabotage.!
• Realize that what you
perceive as powerlessness
is nothing more than self-
sabotage, and it’s in your
power to stop it!