Be A Rebel, Like Yourself?
- May 12, 2025
- 4 min read
Written by Dr. Dain Heer, Speaker and Author
Dr. Dain Heer is an avid explorer of possibilities and an internationally recognized author and speaker. As the founder of the annual International Being You Day and Co-creator of Access Consciousness, one of the largest personal development movements practiced in 176 countries, Dain serves as a catalyst for empowering individuals to realize they can change anything in their lives. For over 30 years, he has encouraged people to view their differences as strengths, amplify their uniqueness, and fully embrace their greatness!
What is right about you that you’re not getting? Read that again. Not what’s wrong. Not what needs fixing. Not what’s broken. What. Is. Right. About. You?
It’s one of the most powerful questions I’ve ever learned to ask. And if you’re anything like me, it may also be one of the hardest to take in. We’ve been trained to only look for what is wrong and needs fixing.
We’ve been taught to believe that we need to be constantly improving, constantly bettering ourselves, constantly correcting the parts that don’t quite “measure up.” But what if the very act of trying to fix yourself is the thing that’s keeping you from truly living?
What if there’s nothing wrong with you?
What if happiness is your birthright, not something to chase, earn, or deserve, but something that arises when you stop judging yourself and start enjoying the being you already are?
This is what International Being You Day is all about. Celebrated annually on June 22nd, it’s not about a formula or a path to enlightenment. It’s about permitting yourself to be, without apology, without armor, without the performance.
It’s about waking up and realizing: I’m here. And that’s enough. More than enough!
We all have things we’d like to change. Habits, patterns, stories. But change doesn’t have to come from shame or force. It can come from kindness. From curiosity. From wonder.
What if, instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” you asked, “What’s right about me I’m not getting?” Yet!
That question alone begins to dissolve the walls you’ve built around yourself. The ones that say you have to be perfect to be lovable. And smart, skinny, healed, successful, and productive to be enough.
You don’t.
You just have to be willing to see you.
And like you.
You liking you might just be the most rebellious act of all.
Because when you truly like you, when you drop the image, the mask, the constant fear of being judged, no one can take that away. No comment, no rejection, no projection can touch it. You’re no longer living for someone else’s approval.
You’re living for the joy of being alive as you.
So many of us spend our lives crafting an image for the world to see. A perfect projection to keep us safe, to keep others comfortable, to avoid the pain of not being accepted. But the moment we don’t live up to that image, when we fumble a word, miss a moment, show up messy, we fall into self-judgment.
We think we’ve failed. We think we’ve ruined everything.
But maybe what we’ve actually done is gotten real.
We are destroying ourselves with the images we’re trying to maintain. They separate us from our own joy, our own spontaneity, our own weird and wonderful truth.
And honestly? They’re exhausting.
What if it’s time to stop performing and start being?
To not be plain Jane or plain Dain, to not shrink, or edit, or dilute yourself to avoid ruffling feathers.
What have you always wanted to be?
Consider this your invitation, your permission slip, to begin.
Because you have an impact in this world. You being you, fully and freely, sends out a ripple effect that gives others permission to do the same. You might not see it right away. But trust me, it’s there. Your being matters.
International Being You Day is an invitation to explore what’s different about you, not as something to fix, but as something to celebrate. It’s a reminder that now is the space, and now is the time, to enjoy being alive as you.
Not the you you think you should be.
The you who laughs loudly. Cries openly. Asks big questions. Gets weird ideas. Loves deeply. Fails spectacularly. Tries again.
The you that has always been there, just waiting to be acknowledged.
So today, just for today, what if you didn’t try to be better?
What if you didn’t try to fix anything?
What if you could say, “Actually… I like me.”
What if that simple declaration could be the beginning of everything?
There is so much more possible than you’ve been told. So much more joy, more magic, more freedom! You may not have chosen it yet. You may not have even imagined it was available. But what if it is?
And what if it has nothing to do with pretending everything’s okay? What if it is about getting the energy of what could be once you no longer make yourself wrong?
Here’s the revolutionary question again:
What is right about you that you’re not getting?
What if you asked yourself that one thing, right now? And then tomorrow again?And the day after?
What if you could be so very rebellious that you dared to like…you?
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Dr. Dain Heer, Speaker and Author
Having grown up in a challenging environment in Los Angeles, Dain faced constant adversity but chose resilience over victimhood. His determination to create positive change has fueled every aspect of his work, from facilitating global classes to authoring books and developing business ventures embodying benevolent capitalism principles.
Dain draws from his personal experience to inspire individuals from all walks of life to create the money, happiness, and life they truly desire. In his talks and workshops, he offers a set of tools and step-by-step energetic processes that help people break free from limiting conclusions and judgments, guiding them toward a place of choice and transformative change.
As a conscious and innovative business leader, Dain’s passion for possibilities and creating a better planet fuels all of his projects, including Castello di Casalborgone, a luxurious castle in Italy restored to its former glory; a thriving ranch in Houston; and EL Lugar, a fully sustainable eco-retreat in Costa Rica, designed in harmony with the earth.
