This is very interesting, as recently in my life this has been playing on my thoughts-why do i find it hard to be my authentic self continuously? Then i start thinking, do i even have an authentic self-does it depend on who i am around? Â Its a funny thing to not be totally sure of what you really like or dont like! Â Maybe by loving ourselves more we become more sure of who we are and feel less of a need to adapt ourselves and seek approval of others. I am a firm believer that if we need to please others to be ‘content’, then we cant truly be free ( and therefore never truly content)