This is very interesting, as recently in my life this has been playing on my thoughts-why do i find it hard to be my authentic self continuously? Then i start thinking, do i even have an authentic self-does it depend on who i am around?  Its a funny thing to not be totally sure of what you really like or dont like!  Maybe by loving ourselves more we become more sure of who we are and feel less of a need to adapt ourselves and seek approval of others. I am a firm believer that if we need to please others to be ‘content’, then we cant truly be free ( and therefore never truly content)