Being your best self sounds great, but what does that actually mean? In this episode, Hilary calls out the vague, feel-good self-help fluff and lays out five daily habits that actually move the needle. If you’ve been winging personal growth and hoping for the best, it’s time to get intentional. Hilary breaks down how to define your ideal self, bridge the gap between who you are now and who you want to be, and make small shifts that add up to massive transformation. Plus, she’s sharing the one magic question that will help you make better decisions, stay aligned, and step into your power every day. Episode Highlights: Why your ideal self isn’t a finish line—it’s a way of being The power of sacred morning time (no chaos, no distractions—just you) How movement, music, and self-check-ins shape your energy and mindset The one magic question that will keep you aligned and making better choices Episode Breakdown: [00:00] Being Your Best Self [05:04] Habit 1 [06:00] Habit 2 [08:08] Habit 3 [10:08] Habit 4 [11:55] Habit 5 [13:20] The Magic Question 🔥 Ready to embody your best self? Let’s make it happen. 🎧 Listen now & start the shift! 💫 Get my curated playlist: hilarysilver.com/playlist 📲 Follow me on Instagram: @hilarysilver 🎥 Watch my Five Core Concepts of the Self-Centered Movement playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0RHQvSfQrdhYziTx1PqymciC0EQLC9cl 💬 Comment below: What’s one habit that helps you show up as your best self?
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Everyone talks about being your best self, and we take for granted that we actually know what that means because it can be a pretty vague concept if you think about it. If you value personal growth and self-development, but you've never really examined, explored, or defined what it means to be your best self, then this episode is for you.
Today I'm sharing five daily habits that help me connect with myself and help me be the best version of myself, and how to get clear what your ideal self looks like. And make sure to stick around until the end because I'm giving you one powerful magic question to ask yourself that will always guide you and give you the answers that you need. So let's dive in. Hi, it's Hillary.
Welcome to the Hillary Silver Podcast. Personal growth isn't some esoteric thing. It's simply about being intentional. So let's make it really practical today.
Personal growth is about being aware of who you are right now, your current self, your real self, how you feel, what you think and believe, how you act and behave, the choices that you make, and how you operate in your life, how you move through the world. And then acknowledging that there is a more ideal version of you that you would like to be.
And the growth is about intentionally working towards narrowing the space between those two versions of you. Makes sense, right? So let's define your ideal self. This is a version of you that is more evolved in all the ways that you would like to be. Areas of your current real self that may struggle or feel undeveloped.
So for example, an ideal self may be more emotionally mature or patient or vulnerable. Or your ideal self might be less anxious or reactive or impulsive or guarded. So it all starts with getting very honest with yourself about what it is about you and how you are now that isn't working for you or is holding you back in some way.
You won't really allow yourself to be honest if you're going to condemn yourself or judge yourself or fall into shame, so monitor that. This is just about gentle, radical honesty. What things about you could use a little help, need a little growing? So your ideal you is what you look like if all that stuff is no longer there.
It just disappeared or resolved or it's no longer a thing, it's not bothering you, it's better. Imagine how that would feel if you could live that life as that person. Seems amazing, right? But here's the thing I really want you to understand about this so it doesn't feel overwhelming or exhausting or a daunting or like a never-ending chore.
Your ideal self is not a destination that you try to reach and then once you get there, you just sit back and relax. Your ideal self is like the horizon. You never actually arrive. When you are walking and you see the horizon line in the distance, even if you keep walking towards it, you never really actually reach the line. It keeps moving as you do, right? So accept that right now.
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