Category: Identity
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Humbling and Humiliating
There is nothing more Humbling and Humiliating than blogging. I heard that in a podcast. I think it might have been Mitch Joel that said it. It is so true. When you blog, you put your ideas and thoughts out there. When you blog, you open yourself up to humiliation.…
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A Stats Identity
We live in such a stats identity don’t we. Our identities revolve around how many people we have following us on Twitter or what the US News and World Report ranking is for the college that we went to. You name it – the things we eat and use in…
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The Safety of the False Self
The idea of the False Self is fascinating to me. In many ways, it comes from a very real place so to call it a False Self is a bit deceiving. There is something totally normal about having False Selves. We can sometimes create a False Self for a specific…
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Skipped the Main Point
Last night, I had the opportunity to speak to college students at Vanguard University. They had a series that they were working through, and I was invited to share some ideas on Identity Formation. Seeing as I study and write about identity, I was looking forward to it. I had…
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How You Feel About Your Body…
….impacts the way you treat it. The way you feel about your body is the way that you will treat your body. Have you even thought about how you feel about your body? How often do you think about your body? Do you treat your body in the same way…
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Why A Watch?
I recently got a watch as a gift. It was a gorgeous watch. It’s very cool looking. I didn’t recognize the brand so I did a quick Google search for it. It’s worth quite a lot. It’s quite a nice watch. I have a few watches actually. Nice watches. They…
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Foundational Identity
There are some foundational things about your identity that just cannot change. There are some things – scars, conditioning, desires, or preferences that are just a foundational part of your identity – the stuff that just cannot change. I guess it’s possible for something so drastic to happen in your…
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Identity Drive
My best time for reflection and creating of identity happens when I drive. I love driving. It’s the best time for me to reflect on identity. I’m always thinking about identity anyway, but there’s just something that happens when I drive. The thing that I love about it is that…
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Family Crest
I was thinking about a time gone by where your identity was so much easier. I was thinking of the time when there was a Family Crest that you identified with. They might have had a motto. There was definitely that sense of lineage and your father’s name. There was…
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Insights In To You
I am a big fan of friends and even enemies that are able to give Insights In To Me – into who I am. I am a fan of people that give insight into my life. It’s not like I even know who those people are. I definitely have people…
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My Strengths Finders 2.0 Top 5
I recently took the Strengths Finder assessment from strengths.gallup.com. Since this blog has to do with identity, I figured I’d share a glimpse into my identity. I am using it for a class that I’m teaching. I was told that I needed to take the assessment years ago, but didn’t…
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You are You When You’re Hungry
Have you seen that Snicker’s commercial – where the tagline is – You’re not You When You’re Hungry – they’re wrong. You are the real you when you are hungry. You are the real you when you’re mad. You are the real you when you aren’t filtering. It’s a great…
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