Tag: identity development
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Imitate Others in Order to Develop Your Identity
I talk to quite a few people who are in the process of figuring out their identity. They want to work on it, but they don’t know how. Figuring out identity is hard work. Identity work is deep, hard work. It’s actually quite okay to imitate in order to develop…
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A Double Life
I saw that in a tweet today, and they were referring to having 2 Twitter profiles. I tweeted back – anyone that has a persona online lives a double life. They have their online identity and then their real life identity. Both reflect them, but aren’t completely them. Having a…
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Bigorexia
Have you heard of it? I just heard about it recently. It’s described as reverse anorexia. It is an eating disorder. Instead of wanting to get smaller and thinner, people with this disease try and get bigger. It’s basically the same disease as anorexia except for the fact that there…
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A Child’s Identity
Did you know that children do not have a sense of identity? Have you ever watched a baby sit there and learn – as they touch their feet and suck on their fingers. At one point in their development (and how they figured this out, I don’t know) they could…