Embrace Your Authentic Self
A Journey to Genuine Freedom
An invitation to gently explore the patterns that may be holding you back, release the burdens of performance, and rediscover genuine freedom. Dr. Montgomery offers compassionate guidance through resources and coaching designed to help you unveil your authentic self and live with true freedom.
Shattered Masks Ecosystem Revealed
The Shattered Masks Ecosystem offers a clear, three-stage journey: Revelation, Reflection, and Resistance. This path guides you from outward performance to genuine inner freedom, building understanding and agency at each step.
Revelation: Unmask Your Type
Discover which of the seven archetypes shapes your story and drives your patterns of protection through a practical self-assessment.
Reflection: Rewrite Your Story
Utilize the FIST framework (Facts, Interpretation, Stories, Truth) to understand and rewrite narratives that either bind or free you.
Resistance: Choose I-WILL
Break free from I-CAN'T (Inaction, Cost, Authority, Need, Trust) by choosing I-WILL. Live coaching provides tools to replace excuses with practices that build lasting change.
FIST: How Stories Form
The FIST framework reveals how your beliefs form, tracing the path from objective events to the stories you tell yourself. Understanding this process empowers you to rewrite your narratives.
Facts
Facts are objective events. There is no emotion attached. No interpretation added.
EXAMPLE:
It is cold outside.
This is the raw data of life. Something happens. You observe it. That is all.
Interpretation
Interpretation is the meaning you attach to the fact. This meaning is shaped by experience, past teaching, childhood patterns, trauma, your dominant Shattered Mask, and the voices you trusted growing up.
EXAMPLE:
Cold weather means I might catch a cold or the flu.
The fact has not changed. Only the meaning you created around it.
Stories
Stories grow from repeated interpretations. They become the automatic narratives that guide your behavior. These stories feel true, even when they are not.
EXAMPLE:
You create a story that says, 'If I go outside when it is cold or wet without a hat, I will get sick.'
This story becomes a family rule. It is passed down from generation to generation. Nobody questions it because it feels familiar and protective.
Truth
Truth brings clarity. Truth grounds you. Truth breaks the grip of old stories.
EXAMPLE:
Temperature does not cause a cold. A virus does. Yet many families continue to treat the myth as if it were absolute truth.
Truth helps you replace the old story with something that honors reality, faith, and personal responsibility. Instead of fearing the weather, you can now focus on the actual cause of illness and make wiser choices.
Teaching Summary You Can Use Anywhere
•Facts are what happened.
•Interpretation is the meaning you attach to what happened.
•Stories are the meaning repeated until they feel like truth.
•Truth is what sets you free.
The real transformation comes when someone realizes, "I do not have to live by the old story. I can choose a new truth that reflects who I am becoming."
Start Your Journey
Begin with a quick 10-minute assessment to discover your Mask Archetype, then explore deeper resources like the book and podcast based on your results.
The Assessment
Who Are You Beneath the Mask?
Take this 10-minute self-discovery assessment to identify your Mask Archetype™ and begin your transformative shift from I-CAN'T → I-WILL™.
Take the AssessmentThe Book
Shattered Masks
Dive deeper into how hidden patterns shape your choices, and how faith reframes pain into purpose. Use the book as a supplement to the assessment results.
Buy the BookThe Podcast
Let's Go Deep
Listen as real people uncover their stories, release their masks, and reclaim their power, offering valuable insights for your journey.
Be a Guest on PodcastDiscover Your Dominant Mask Archetype
Take this assessment to uncover which of the 7 leadership masks you wear most often and receive personalized insights for growth.
1What You'll Discover:
- ✓Your dominant Mask Archetype™ and what it reveals about you
- ✓Natural strengths you can leverage immediately
- ✓Hidden patterns that may be limiting your authentic freedom
- ✓Personalized coaching questions for deeper reflection
📝 Time to complete: 10 minutes |📊 Results: Instant feedback
The Seven Mask Archetypes™
Each mask represents a unique way we protect ourselves from pain and seek validation. Understanding your dominant mask is the first step toward freedom. These archetypes reveal how you've learned to survive and what practices will help you truly thrive.
Performer
"My worth is what I achieve."
You tie your value to accomplishment and productivity. Rest feels like failure, and stillness makes you anxious.
Freedom Practice:
Rest in being, not doing.
Fixer
"If I fix it, they will love me."
You earn love by rescuing others. Your needs disappear when someone else struggles, leading to depletion and resentment.
Freedom Practice:
Serve without self-erasure.
Controller
"If I control it, I am safe."
You manage every detail to prevent chaos. Uncertainty feels unbearable; delegation means losing security.
Freedom Practice:
Trust people and process.
Guardian
"If I do not feel, I will not break."
You silence emotions to maintain strength. Logic protects you from vulnerability, but disconnection isolates.
Freedom Practice:
Let heart and logic speak together.
Seeker
"If I find the right place, I will belong."
You keep reinventing yourself, searching for where you fit. But the next location or identity never truly satisfies.
Freedom Practice:
Be rooted where you stand.
Healer
"If I am spiritual enough, I will not hurt."
You perform spirituality to escape pain. Inner work becomes another achievement instead of authentic healing.
Freedom Practice:
Let grace do what effort cannot.
Defender
"If I act strong, no one will see my wounds."
You project toughness to hide vulnerability. Softness feels dangerous, and tenderness means weakness.
Freedom Practice:
Strength through softness.
Ready to Transform Your Leadership?
Schedule a 1:1 coaching session to dive deeper into your assessment results and create a personalized action plan for authentic freedom and growth.
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