When we are young, we live authentically. We are true to ourselves because we aren’t taught to “fit in” until later in our development. When I was in elementary school, I never cared about fitting in. I loved to wear mismatched clothes, like princess t-shirts under striped...

We spend most of our lives striving to fit in with the world around us. We dress like the people around us. We talk like the people around us. We even strive to know the same information as the people around us. Admittedly, much of the conditioning we are given pushes us toward this sameness with...