235.The Great Pretender with Deborah Johnson

The great pretender takes on many shapes as to the extent and meaning. Pretending is actually an important part of growing up. My grandmother, we called her Mimi, let my sisters and I get in her closet to play dress-up. Of course, she was much larger than we were, but she had some fancy clothes, probably purchased at a second-hand store as she lived through the great depression in the early twentieth century and I doubt if she ever bought anything new. To live through the depression meant you saved everything from tin foil, to plastic bags to buttons. But what fun we had in her closet! Everything was fancy to us. Mimi even had a mink stole. (remember those?)

Fortunately, we all outgrew that era of pretending, but unfortunately, the principle of being the great pretender is still alive and well in many lives and businesses in an unhealthy way. I see it every day on social media. Inflated bios, photos of those who seem to be so much more successful than we claim to be. I have to admit, I’ve been a pretender too—hopefully in some good ways as well as the ways that are not as admirable. In this show, we will cover characteristics of a person of bad pretense as well as good pretense that leads to authenticity, growth and honesty. Full article here: https://goalsforyourlife.com/the-great-pretender