Tips and Advice

Embracing who you are

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Te Mana Whakahaere

Autonomy

Mauriora

Cultural Identity

What does this mean?

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Being yourself is about liking and embracing who you are, and living your life how you want to live it – without fear or worry of what others might think.

Being authentically yourself can have a huge impact on your wellbeing and in this video, learners offer their tips and advice for embracing who you are.

Ezra: Embracing one's identity is very individual to each person.

Thea: To someone who feels like they're not sure if they should be studying, honestly, that's, that's so normal.

Tereeza: I would say to them to stand in their own mana – basically to stay true to who they are as that person.

Joe: Be authentic – and just come out and be who you are and eventually you'll find people who love you for who you are.

Paris: If you can just try and put one foot in front of the other and live and do things that you are actually wanting to do, not just doing things that are making other people happy.

Tereeza: If you try to be somebody that you're not, it'll come through in your study and your mahi, so it's important to be yourself.

You can watch this video in Sign Language

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