identitySPECIALIST

Category: Influence

  • New Season

    New Season

    Update on what’s going on.

  • Scars from 20 Years Ago

    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.

  • A Mentor and Humility

    A Mentor and Humility

    There is something about having a mentor who can kick your butt.  It takes humility to even have one.  They keep you in check and keep you humble.  I’ll even go so far to say that it isn’t really possible to be humble if you do not have one.  There’s…

  • What You Don’t Know about Social Media

    What You Don’t Know about Social Media

    ……..can really rile you up.  Just go to a presentation about Social Media and you’ll see what I mean. rile (rl) tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rile I don’t typically focus on writing about social media.  I am more interested in the identity…

  • How Is Your Soul?

    How Is Your Soul?

    A quick post about the depth of soul – that’s where identity work is done.

  • Cultural Programming

    Cultural Programming

    You are shaped by the stories that you hear and the storytellers that share them. This week, I had the privilege or speaking a the Joshua Wilderness Institute at Hume Lake.  It was such a great time.  I got to record a podcast with Rich – the Academic Dean at…

  • Seeing Toothpicks

    Seeing Toothpicks

    One of the main skills for identity development is having the ability to self-reflect and self-evaluate. I had a conversation with one of my students – about their strengths and talents – and it was a great conversation where you help someone “self-reflect.” It helps you to see who you…

  • Deep Hurt

    Every experience shapes and forms us. There’s no escaping it. All of our Deep Hurts have a powerful influence on our identity. When you are conscious of your Deep Hurt, you react and respond to it accordingly. Some of us push it down. Some of us charge after it head…

  • 26.9%

    26.9%

    So about a month ago, I wrote a post that I called 28.1%.  That was my BMI – body mass index.  According to the chart that I looked at, it said that at that percentage, I am overweight. About a month later, I’m at 26.9%.  I am still in the…

  • Mental Model

    Mental Model

    So I read about Mental Models today.  Basically, a mental model is formed early in life and then they stick with us for the rest of our lives.  When things happen in our lives, our brains bring up these mental models and bring us back to the experience – the…

  • A Subjective Job

    A Subjective Job

    I heard someone talk about this today.  I don’t know that they would call it this, but I thought it was a great identity insight in light of the job that you do. The way that they described a Subjective Job is that it is a job where you people…

  • Camp Speaker

    Camp Speaker

    I used this identity this week.  There were a few churches that got together and put on a camp.  It’s the same camp that I went to when I was in high school.  I spent many summers there.  It was very instrumental and formative in my life.  It shaped my…