Hey Reader,

For the first time in a while, I managed to get myself up at 5:30 this morning and go for a 5k run. The temperature was perfect as our heatwave finally ends, and the sun was shining nice and early.

Why does this matter? Because it still takes some courage for me to admit something: In my first sentence, I said "For the first time in a while..."

Like I mentioned to you a few days ago, I burnt out a few months ago. It was tough, but tougher still was to admit how much I gave up. My mental and emotional health were in shambles, and the impact it had on me was something I felt like I had to hide from others.

Some people knew, of course. But I felt like garbage and like it would not just bring down others' perception of me, but more importantly, bring down the vibe of a room. And I really don't like having a negative impact on other people. So I hid it.

But now I know that that might have actually brought down the vibe more. Let me explain.

Zach Bush MD is a leader, speaker, researcher and influencer who often discusses studies that have been run that reveal the power of our emotions for creating our reality.

They'll often talk about our "vibration", which means the quality of the energy we have and how we feel. And because your personality creates your personal reality, the higher your vibration, the more positive of an impact you'll have on your life and experiences. (If only because you and others around you will feel better, because you feel better).

In one particular instance, he discussed authenticity - the researchers found that participants experiencing authenticity gave off the highest vibration of all participants studied. Higher than even that of the most powerful emotions, like love.

But let's back up. For this to make sense, there are two bits of science you need to know.

The first is that, while many of us know that the human body is ~70% water, where exactly it is is important. It is largely within the fascia, which is a liquid crystal matrix of connective tissue throughout the body. The "vibration" related to different emotional states changes the structure of the matrix of water in the body, and that can be measured.

The second bit of science is that our hearts give off electrical signals that can actually be measured by standard ECG machines. So between these two things, when we talk about someone's "vibe" or vibration, we are talking about the electrical and biochemical reflections of your emotions.

The result? When you feel fear or anger, your heart broadcasts a more chaotic signal that disrupts your cellular water, making you feel heavy and blocked.

But when you feel what I call Creation Mode emotional states - like love or gratitude - that ECG wave becomes smoother, causing your cellular water to vibrate in harmony and feel deeply energized.

Tldr; the "higher your vibration", the more energy you unlock. It's not about "feeling good" so much as it is about creating or accessing an emotionally-fit state that allows you to feel and use more energy, so you can do more and more positively impact others. Which of course, unlocks better outcomes for everyone.

Alright, so let's revisit the power of authenticity. As mentioned, the researchers found that authenticity was the highest vibration, much higher even than love, which is usually considered the most powerful emotional state to be in. In fact, it was a 40x higher vibration. And while this isn't considered a hard science, I'd consider that very, very powerful.

When I was hiding how I felt, hoping people wouldn't know how hurt or burnt out I was, worried about others' perception of me, all of that was bringing down my vibration and sapping my energy.

But interestingly, had I had the courage to be honest, at least with myself, it wouldn't have been so bad. In fact it might even have been good, - IE a net positive even if I still didn't feel great.

Why? Well, think about the way authenticity works. It's like a layer, added onto other emotional states. So, for example, the researchers found that someone could come into their studies feeling angry, frustrated, or sad, but still read as very high vibration if they were very honestly and consciously authentic about how they felt. If it's an open and aware admission of how one is feeling, it seems to open us up and let us sit in our power.

I'm not saying this needs to be done out loud to anyone who's around; we can still very much bring down a room if we just talk unfiltered about how we feel all the time.

But honoring your emotions, needs, and circumstances allows you to move through them, and for your brain and body to accept them, instead of reject them. Many of us get angry with ourselves, for example, because we feel angry. Instead of accepting and working with it, that just adds more layers of unprocessed anger.

So I'm honoring myself, by admitting how tough it was for me to be burnt out, how I went down to almost 0 discipline for about 4 months, and how it took another 4 to slowly bring myself back up. And I'm cool with it, because it was necessary for me to become who I am now, which is someone I can prove categorically is more valuable, of service, and selfishly, happy. And if someone thinks less of me for it, that's frankly their loss.

Now, what about you?

What do you want to authentically express, own, or appreciate about yourself?

Where would being authentic help raise your vibration, be more of service to others, understand or help yourself, or simply help you let go of something you're holding on to?

Because holding on to all of that - onto every little thing you're performing - takes a lot of energy. It's like trying keeping a muscle tense all the time instead of only when lifting the weight. Eventually, you need to let go, to get your energy back.

I can't help but feel that if more of us build the habit of returning to authenticity, the world would be a bit of a brighter place.

If you've made it this far, don't let this thought slip by. Apply it: In what way can you be more authentic today, Reader?

With love,

Seven

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