Author: Lem Usita
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More Insight into a New Way of Being
I don’t write long posts. I wrote about a New Way of Being. As I write this – we are still in that “quarantine and starting to re-open” phase. I keep the posts short and just work out the info – but I don’t spend much time explaining. My hope…
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The Inner Work of Identity
…….is hard. Let me repeat that. “The Inner Work of Identity is hard.” Inner – the stuff that’s happening inside of you; in your heart and head; thoughts and emotions Work – effort to achieve something or fulfill some purpose Identity – who or what you are Sometimes I…
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A New Way of Being
It’s such a simple idea – but not easy to figure out or know what will happen. And honestly, we don’t think about how it changes us or our new way of being until it gets out of control. The Psychology always follows the Technology. We make the thing –…
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Identity Film
I recently watched a film on Identity. It was called “Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story,” and of course a movie called “Identity” is something that I’m going to watch. If you want to see a trailer for it – You can do so here. Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story. First…
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The Researcher Identity
This is mainly for me. I realized recently that I have not done much in my research area in the past few years. It’s nice to have done research that is still relevant in conversations today. I know that my doctoral research was a few years back, but I am…
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Scars from 20 Years Ago
Just being thankful for being alive. December 3, 1998 – I got into a huge car accident where I shouldn’t have made it.
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Disney Owns Teens
My good friend Rob Lee said that after I had a little sing along before I spoke at camp. Sometimes when I speak – I’ll play a song, and typically, the song lines up with the talk. I played the Moana song before I spoke the last night – and…
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Sympathetic Magic
Ever heard of it? Sympathetic Magic – an anthropological term that has been used to characterize a variety of primitive beliefs about how spiritual or magical artifacts and rituals might have effects upon other objects (this guy Beck who wrote the book Unclean – consequently, I wish that’s how citing…
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Still Thankful
I have this thing – it’s more a question than anything. But as Americans (I really don’t know how it is elsewhere) – we celebrate things on the day. And that’s it. It’s like we’re more thankful for Thanksgiving. We are nicer for Christmas. And Easter – we set aside…
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Refresh identitySPECIALIST
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot As you can probably see from the last post – it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. In fact, it’s been awhile since I’ve done much with the blog or much of social media. I haven’t really tweeted much or posted much. I…
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The Way Family Podcast
I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Way Family Podcast. It comes out June 20, 2016 and you can find it here. We talked about #identityformation and the impact that #socialmedia can have on identity. We also briefly talked about extended adolescence and the way that #millenials…
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