Coaching practices for Existential Authenticity Practice
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m facing a real decision and I realize I’m about to choose what my family or my role or "what one does" expects of me, not what I actually value
- I’m so used to managing how I come across that I’m not even sure people know the real me
- I tell myself I’m a generous, present, hardworking person, but when I actually look at how I spent this week, my behavior tells a different story
- I fuse so completely with whatever I’m thinking or feeling
- The person I want to become still feels like a stranger I’m imagining, not someone I actually am yet
Practices that may help
- Choose authentically — from your own values, not from expectation
Make choices that reflect your actual values rather than the role others have assigned you.
Existentialism and Radical Choice - Existentialism and Radical Choice
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism holds that human beings have no fixed nature — "existence precedes essence" — and are therefore radically free to define themselves through their choices. The practical implication is that you cannot hide behind role, instinct, or circumstance: you are always already choosing, including when you tell yourself you have no choice. This is philosophical rather than clinical; its overlap with ACT and CBT is real but indirect. - Cultivate authenticity
Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and show up as who you actually are.
The Gifts of Imperfection, Made Practical - Define yourself by actions, not intentions
You are not your intentions or your self-image — you are the accumulation of what you actually do.
Existentialism and Radical Choice - Practice loosening identification with the ego-self
Train the capacity to observe your thoughts, feelings, and roles without completely being them.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Journal as the person you are becoming, not the person you have been
Writing from your desired identity’s perspective, even tentatively, strengthens its psychological availability.
Identity Priming, Made Practical - Take seriously that you have no fixed nature
Stop treating your personality, role, or past as a given — you are always in the process of defining yourself.
Existentialism and Radical Choice - Apply strengths consciously in your most important relationships
Identify how your signature strengths are showing up — or failing to show up — in the relationships that matter most.
VIA Character Strengths, Made Practical - Commit to lucidity about your situation
Resist the comfort of illusion — see your situation clearly, even where it is difficult, and act from that clarity.
Absurdism and the Practice of Meaning Despite - Audit whether you are living your life or someone else’s
Identify the places where your choices reflect others’ expectations rather than your own values.
The Regret of the Dying
Related concerns
- Authentic Choice Sartre
Make choices that reflect your actual values rather than the role others have assigned you.
Choose authentically — from your own values, not from expectation
- You Are Your Choices Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism holds that human beings have no fixed nature — "existence precedes essence" — and are therefore radically free to define themselves through their choices. The practical implication is that you cannot hide behind role, instinct, or circumstance: you are always already choosing, including when you tell yourself you have no choice. This is philosophical rather than clinical; its overlap with ACT and CBT is real but indirect.
- Authenticity Exercise
Identify how your signature strengths are showing up — or failing to show up — in the relationships that matter most.
Apply strengths consciously in your most important relationships
- Bad Faith Sartre
Notice when you are treating yourself as a thing determined by role, instinct, or expectation — and claim the choice.
Spot bad faith in yourself
- Existentialism And Radical Choice At Work
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism holds that human beings have no fixed nature — "existence precedes essence" — and are therefore radically free to define themselves through their choices. The practical implication is that you cannot hide behind role, instinct, or circumstance: you are always already choosing, including when you tell yourself you have no choice. This is philosophical rather than clinical; its overlap with ACT and CBT is real but indirect.
- Existentialism And Radical Choice On A Budget
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism holds that human beings have no fixed nature — "existence precedes essence" — and are therefore radically free to define themselves through their choices. The practical implication is that you cannot hide behind role, instinct, or circumstance: you are always already choosing, including when you tell yourself you have no choice. This is philosophical rather than clinical; its overlap with ACT and CBT is real but indirect.
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