Tag: Identity formation

  • The Ability to Suspend Judgment….

    The Ability to Suspend Judgment….

    is not just cognitive. It is also an emotional endeavor. I have written about Suspending Judgement before. Here’s a post about it in the form of Asking Questions. Here’s another post about it as I understood it and wrote about it years ago – Suspend Judgment. Here’s another post about…

  • More Insight into a New Way of Being

    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…

  • The Inner Work of Identity

    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…

  • A New Way of Being

    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 –…

  • Identity Film

    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…

  • The Way Family Podcast

    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…

  • 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…

  • Being Digital

    Being Digital

    It is a reality for many of us today.  We definitely live digital lives.  Even my 3 year old niece is starting to develop her digital presence.  She is a digital native and can navigate her way through anyone’s iphone and find the things that she wants to find –…

  • Trapped in a Mindset

    Trapped in a Mindset

    I was talking to a friend today about what motivates identities.  Do we take on an identity to try it on?  Do we take on an identity for the image – like the look and feel of an identity?  Or do we really put on an identity to take on…

  • See Yourself in the Eyes of the Other

    See Yourself in the Eyes of the Other

    This is a great identity formation skill – not so much to help someone else form their identity but mainly to learn to see yourself.  I don’t think we teach that, although some people just pick up on it intuitively. They are the ones that are able to change.  They…

  • The Psychology of Rhythm

    The Psychology of Rhythm

    Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity: the psychology of war. Rhythm n. (rm) 1. Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions: the rhythm of the tides. 7. Procedure…