"authentic interests" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe someone's genuine, heartfelt curiosity or enthusiasm in a particular subject, activity, or topic. For example, you might say: "John is passionate about music; he has genuine, authentic interests in music theory and composition."
We read, he writes, "to strengthen the self, and to learn its authentic interests".
Young Bob left a vacuum, enjoying the fruits of his position and abandoning the authentic interests of common folk.
However, people are autonomous when they act in accord with their authentic interests or integrated values and desires [ 17, 37- 39].
What unites these endeavors, Sting's friends and colleagues say, is his authentic interest in them.
Beyond basketball, the casual observer is heartened when a college coach appears to express authentic interest in education.
Guns and religion, as much as jobs and incomes, are the authentic interest of millions of Americans.
Despite that authentic interest, however, Clinton hesitated to put women's rights centre-stage during her earlier life in elected politics.
She entered into the reality of the different dolls' characters and sensitivities with what seemed an authentic interest, almost naïve — I checked her face to make sure she wasn't teasing me.
"What really helped was a very strong political leadership; that was mainly Ritt Bjerregaard [the former lord mayor], who had a dedicated and authentic interest in cycling," says Klaus Bondam, who was technical and environmental mayor from 2006 to 2009 and is now head of the Danish Cycling Federation.
1. Authentic Interest-based conversations.
The mentor can help the woman entrepreneur to free her strengths through self-awareness, communication and feedback, authentic interest for her development and commitment to the mentoring relationship.
