Embodying Authenticity: The Peace of Being Who You Are

with Karis & Nicholas

After awareness and disruption comes embodiment - the lived experience of truth.

In this final episode of the Authenticity Series, Karis and Nicholas explore what it feels like when the masks fall away and you finally start breathing as yourself.

They unpack the nervous system’s role in authentic living, the unlearning of false selves, and the practices that make truth feel like home again.

Expect grounded wisdom, poetic truth, and practical guidance for turning self-work into soul-anchored living.

Because peace isn’t something you chase — it’s what rises when you stop pretending.

Three Key Takeaways

1. Authenticity lives in the body, not the mind - When your nervous system feels safe, truth flows effortlessly.
2. Unlearning is liberation - Letting go of your survival identities makes space for your real self to breathe.
3. Peace is the reward - The more congruent you become, the more life aligns around your truth — in love, business, and legacy.

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Everyone loves the idea of being authentic—until it asks something of you.

In this episode, Nick and Karis dive into the real cost of authenticity: rejection, discomfort, and the vulnerability that comes with being truly seen.

They unpack how nervous system regulation shapes our ability to live and speak truth, why discernment is the quiet twin of authenticity, and how to navigate relationships when your growth triggers others.

Through lived examples, practical nervous system wisdom, and heartfelt reflection, they explore how to hold your truth without performance—and how peace becomes the ultimate payoff for courage.

Key Takeaways

1. Authenticity always costs something—approval, comfort, or predictability—but the price of pretending is higher.
2. True authenticity starts in the body. Regulation precedes discernment, and nervous system safety allows real expression.
3. You can’t be authentic without vulnerability. Stop performing for belonging and start expressing from calm truth, not chaos.

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In this opening episode of our three-part Authenticity Series, Nick and Karis dive into the hidden scripts we inherit from our families, culture, and ancestors. From epigenetics and generational trauma to people-pleasing, guilt, shame, and the inner critic — they uncover how much of what we carry was never truly ours to begin with.

This conversation blends personal stories, hard truths, and empowering insights from thinkers like Mark Wolynn, Gabor Maté, Florence Scovel Shinn, and Michael Neill. You’ll walk away with the awareness that while patterns may not have started with you, the power to end them — and to reclaim your authenticity — is in your hands.

Three Key Takeaways

- Inherited Scripts Shape Our Story

Trauma and beliefs can be passed down for generations, but they don’t define your destiny.

Ask yourself: Whose voice do I hear in my self-criticism — and is it really mine?

- Survival Strategies Aren’t Authenticity

People-pleasing, guilt, and negative self-talk may have protected you once, but they keep you from fully living now.

Ask yourself: What label was placed on me that I’m finally ready to release?

- Authenticity Is Unlearning, Not Improving

Coming back to your true self means peeling away false identities and rewriting the script of your life.

Ask yourself: What would authenticity look like if I wasn’t afraid of being the villain in someone else’s story?

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