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Returning Home to Your True Self | The Essential Grace Series, Pt. 4
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Tired of pretending to be who others expect you to be? That exhaustion isn’t just emotional — it’s neurological. Your brain literally burns out trying to manage a false self. But here’s the good news: your true self — the one God dreamed up before the foundation of the world — isn’t something you have to earn or achieve. It’s already in you, waiting to be remembered and rediscovered.
In this episode, we’re fusing neuroscience with soul-deep truth. Discover how authenticity lights up your brain’s default mode network, reduces stress, and strengthens emotional bonds. When you live from your true self, you’re not just happier, you’re healthier! No more performing. No more people-pleasing. Just grace, identity, and a return home to the real you: God’s beloved. Let’s go there together.
Today’s Reflection Questions:
- When do you feel most like yourself?
- What spaces let you exhale and stop performing?
- What relationships or friendships or rhythms bring you back to center?
- Where do you feel safe enough to be honest, unedited, and fully present?
Need some help basking in your beloved-ness? Listen to the very first episode of this podcast, called You Are His Beloved.
Welcome to Today’s Kus Word — where life coaching meets spiritual formation! Join musician, life coach, and spiritual formation prof Michele Kus, as she serves up short, powerful teachings, immersive meditations, bold declarations, and holy f(reedom)-bombs that are based solidly in scripture, grace theology, and positive psychology. Whether you’re seeking calm, clarity, courage, healing, deeper self-awareness, or just a fresh Kingdom perspective, throw on your headphones and tune into your next breakthrough. #TodaysKusWord
*There is no actual cussing on Today's Kus Word. We keep it squeaky clean!
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Chapters
1. Happy Friday! (00:00:00)
2. Today’s Kus Word (00:03:01)
3. Neuroscience of Authenticity (00:06:09)
4. Reflection Questions and Prayer (00:11:19)
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