<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Greta BE...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greta BE ]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:14:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.authentictransformationsolutions.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tell Yourself the Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Acknowledgment: The Courage to Stop Pretending Have you ever caught yourself making excuses for your own behavior? Have you ever said, "That's just who I am," when deep down you wondered if there was more to the story? Have you ever recognized a pattern in your life—but quickly explained it away? What if the greatest act of courage isn't changing your life... What if it's simply telling yourself the truth? In the last blog, we explored the Authenticity Transformation Model and the path back...]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/tell-yourself-the-truth-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a63872159dc3f2805c62a5d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_a255fb86fd9f421cb52809bdb96bac74~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell Yourself the Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coming August 4th]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/tell-yourself-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a63a05c7c5147bf9c514f75</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:28:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_a255fb86fd9f421cb52809bdb96bac74~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Path Back to Your Authentic Self]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a long time, I believed awareness was the finish line. If I could just understand why I was so exhausted... If I could finally name the masks I was wearing and the suffocation I was feeling... If I could identify the places where I had stopped breathing... Surely that would be enough. It wasn't. Awareness changed how I saw my life. It did not, by itself, change my life. Recognizing the mask is different from removing it. And that realization was both discouraging and strangely hopeful....]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/the-path-back-to-your-authentic-self</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a63689d532301fe59f83e1b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:49:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_479094ce0cd646799bbb494163cc06d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Masks We Wear: How to Identify Which Personas Are Stealing Your Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have worn a lot of masks in my lifetime. And the most dangerous ones were not the ones I put on for other people. They were the ones I forgot I was wearing. Here is what I know now — you cannot identify your masks until you see them operating in real time. And the mask that costs you the most energy is always the one you wear when you most want to be yourself. So before we name the masks — let's find them. Not in a list. Not in a definition. In your life. In your because.   Because someone...]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/the-masks-we-wear-how-to-identify-which-personas-are-stealing-your-energy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a36bcdcbfacb36e354256eb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:40:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_e8997deca36343b38190306a1ddb9f82~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a Name for What You've Been Feeling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever walked out of your house dressed as an edited version of yourself before you even arrived in the room — not because you didn't know how you really wanted to show up, but because you knew what the room expected?   I should have known better than to wear what I actually felt there. It was a corporate space. The unspoken rule was clear — your authenticity is welcome here as long as it doesn't make anyone uncomfortable. As long as it fits the culture. As long as it doesn't cost the...]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/there-s-a-name-for-what-you-ve-been-feeling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a367e98a8977cb11dd547d6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:30:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_6fbd0f28382c4edc80bc738bb8a02bf0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Fixing One Thing Never Fixes Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've tried it all. You went to therapy and worked through your trauma. You set better boundaries at work. You started going to church more regularly. You lost the weight, read the self-help books, and finally learned to say "no." And yet — you're still exhausted. Still performing. Still wearing masks. Why? Because authentic transformation doesn't happen in isolation. You can't heal your personal life while ignoring your professional emptiness. You can't fix your relationships while...]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/why-fixing-one-thing-never-fixes-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a35c7a2217d21f7fb6424af</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_1dd771dd91644b42ad8098cf6a974ee6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Stopped Pretending (And What It Cost Me to Be Real)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just couldn't breathe. Not literally—my lungs worked fine. But somewhere between the Sunday morning worship service where I raised my hands in praise, the Monday boardroom meeting where I delivered ideas with a smile, and the Tuesday night dinner where I performed "fine" through exhaustion, I realized: I had no idea who I was anymore.   I was suffocating in plain sight. Everyone thought I had it together. I knew the truth: I was drowning in a sea of masks.  I'd been performing so long, I'd...]]></description><link>https://www.gretabe.com/post/why-i-stopped-pretending-and-what-it-cost-me-to-be-real</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a08f028df43effc8ce08670</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:15:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e6201_3118fc9f484a479982b5aefb097456d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_964,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Greta Bates</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>