Code Switching: Living with Multiple Faces

September 11, 2025 | Self-Awareness and Alignment

There was a season in my life when I carried many faces. One for work calm, composed, agreeable. Another for family dutiful, always ready to show up even when my spirit was tired. And yet another for friends, the easy one, the one who laughed and made space for everyone else’s needs.

Each of these faces had a purpose, but none of them felt entirely like me. Little by little, I noticed my true self growing quieter, almost fading into the background. I was living for approval, for comfort, for belonging, yet losing the very thing I longed for most: authenticity.

Have you ever felt that way? That you’ve given so much of yourself to fit the spaces you’re in that you no longer feel at home within your own skin.

I reached a point where I could no longer carry those masks. They were heavy. They left me feeling disconnected, stretched, and unseen. In that quiet realization, I knew I had to release them. To let go of the versions of me that were built for others, so I could return to the me who feels most like me.

The process was tender. It meant slowing down. Breathing deeper. Setting boundaries that protected my peace. It meant learning to honor my truth, even if it disappointed others. It was uncomfortable at first, but it was also liberating.

What I discovered on the other side was a kind of freedom that feels like alignment. A softness that feels like home. Now, when I show up, I do so as myself whole, present, and rooted.

So, I ask you gently: are there faces you’ve been carrying that no longer serve you? What might it look like to lay them down, and step into the version of you that feels truest, softest, and most alive?

Affirmation: I release the masks I no longer need. I return to the truth of who I am, and I am safe, whole, and free to be me.

With harmony and light,

K. N. Jackson| Team Hermonious