Tag: Identity formation
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The Identity Off Button
…….doesn’t exist. It is not possible to turn off identity formation. It’s always happening. Everything forms, and you are always forming. Technically, even when you are sleeping and your subconscious continues to process and churn, you are subconsciously forming ideas and ultimately identity. You don’t stop forming.
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My Multiple Identities
Did you know that it was normal to have multiple identities? You have multiple identities. We all do. We all play out different roles. As long as all of these identity expressions are integrated into one true self. It’s when these multiple identities can’t come back to center that there…
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Your Mom and Identity Formation
I was preparing for class today. It was on self-control and self-regulatory principles for interpersonal relationships (I’m sorry for any of my students that will be in class tomorrow – you’re going to hear this again). Self-control is necessary to maintain interpersonal relationships. Children – as young as 3 months…
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Back to Minnesota
It’s always great to come back to a place that you have lived before. It’s greets to see things that are so familiar, but once again new. It’s great to see the changes from when you were here last. There are so many memories for DC and I from when…
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Sometimes, You Can’t Help It
I was reading this morning about synaptic neurotransmitters and the connections that your brain makes on the cellular level. I’m no neuro scientist and honestly, they couldn’t even tell you exactly what happens, but evidently – repeated behavior and experience can possibly change the connections in your brain. Check out…
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Identity Features You Can’t Control
There are core identity features that you just cannot control. – What family you were born into. – Whether you were the youngest or the oldest. – The fact that you had to take care of your siblings – so you are now a nurturer. There’s tons of them. And…
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Be Unique, But Belong 2
The original Be Unique, But Belong post that I wrote is here. I just went to a huge convention. I was told that there were 20,000 people at this conference. There was an exhibit hall and for the most part – nonstop speakers. It was truly one of the largest…
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Emotionally Frozen 2
I wrote about this awhile ago – here‘s the post. I talk about how when someone is emotionally frozen that it is that thing that prevents identity formation from happening. It was an interesting idea when I wrote it, but I have checked my stats and there have been a…
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Postmodern Identity Formation
In about a 100 words….right? The postmodern perspective (if you even believe there is such a thing) would say that there isn’t a stable identity. A postmodern epistemology declares that there is nothing that is fixed or stable thus identity cannot be a stable and fixed structure. Rather, it is…
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The Identity Formation of Rampage Jackson
It was pretty fascinating to listen to Quinton Jackson talk about his UFC alter-ego Rampage Jackson. He knows Rampage. He talks about Rampage in third person – not in a way that is not integrated into who he is, but in a way that he knows that he can’t control…
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Emotionally Frozen
I read a lot. I love reading and learning. I have been doing a lot of writing lately – mostly dissertation and research writing. Today, I was reading something and came across this phrase, “emotionally frozen.” I can’t even explain it to you, but it just jumped off the page…
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