Returning Home to Your True Self: A How-To Guide

Dr. Bethany Butzer writes:

Many of us are experiencing a profound sense of disconnection. We feel disconnected from our true essence, our core, our higher self. This lack of connection can come from many sources—like distracting ourselves with sex/drugs/alcohol, the busy-ness that comes with raising a family, feeling stuck in a dead-end job, or staying in an unsatisfying relationship. Whatever the source, the outcome is always the same: we feel lost, out of touch, short on substance. Like a hamster in a wheel, we go through the daily routines of our lives, while something deep inside longs for more. We sense that we have a purpose—we can almost touch it right in front of us—but it remains elusive, just out of reach.

I’ve experienced this sense of disconnection many times in my life, sometimes on a daily basis. The good news is that no matter how far we’ve strayed from our deeper self, we can always return home. The even better news is that we don’t have to go on a ten-day silent meditation retreat or move to an ashram in India to do it.

Surrounding ourselves with people who nurture and bring out the beauty of our depth is one way to reconnect. But who you hang out with is less important than making a personal commitment to carve out regular chunks of time to spend with your true self.

We’re all busy. I get it. We have spouses, families, jobs, and a myriad of hobbies and tasks to do on a daily basis.

Here’s the problem: We often use these tasks to distract ourselves from what is quite possibly one of the most crucial tasks of our lives: discovering who we are.

On the surface, this might sound fluffy and woo-woo. I mean, really, who has time to sit under a tree and contemplate their true identity and life’s purpose?

You do.

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