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Tag: Identity formation

  • Circumvent Identity Formation

    You can circumvent the identity formation process of someone else by not allowing them to freely explore and express their own identity.  When you superimpose your standards or tell someone who to be and how to act, you condition them and teach them to perform.  It is not identity forming. …

  • Identity Work

    Working on your identity is deep soul work.  On the one hand, identity work deals with the clothes that you wear, the positions that you have, and the way that you project your identity.  That’s the easy stuff. On the other hand, identity is the reforming of the deep and…

  • Sex and Identity

    Have you ever thought about your sexual identity?  I’m not talking about sexual orientation or sexual characteristics.  I am talking about your sexual identity formation.  I have never thought about mine until I started studying it and reading it.  I can’t talk about identity formation without studying sex and identity…

  • Online Identity Formation

    The following is a paragraph (with a few changes) from my research.  The focus is adolescent identity formation in online spaces.  I just wanted to share it – it’s totally out of context, but it’s what I’m learning. Adolescents interact in online space and this interaction moves them along in…

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Have you ever seen the NBC show by the same name?  It’s such an interesting show – to watch celebrities investigate their past and learn where they came from. It’s incredible to watch them process through the stories of their past.  It’s interesting to watch them tear through learning about…

  • Easy Self-Introspection

    There’s no such thing.  The work of self-introspection and self-inspection is not easy.  Do a search for it.  Do a search for easy self-introspection.  I mean, if you do find something that lays out the easy steps, please let me know. I am working through this book and the author…

  • Search For Silent Space

    I was listening to a guy talk today about how it was impossible to find Silent Spaces.  He lives in a huge urban area, and he was talking about how impossible the pursuit was for silent space. I don’t know if you need silent space, but there is a reflection…

  • Email Address as Identity #Identity

    There are 2 ways that your email address represents your identity. The first way is that whatever the screen name, handle, or name that you’ve chosen to represent you (and it might be your real name) demonstrates something about you.  ShopGirl or ChopGirl communicates something about a person – and…

  • Johnny Depp’s Identity Formation #JohnnyDepp

    I am fascinated by identity and what it does to people. I was reading an article on Johnny Depp and his relationship with Tim Burton. They’ve done a few movies together, and this particular article was exploring their relationship. It was filled with Identity Formation insights – mostly for Johnny…

  • My Photo and Identity Formation

    I have used the same photo for all of my online profiles for awhile.  It’s on every profile that I have.  It’s a picture that I took off of my laptop at a Starbucks in San Clemente while I was waiting for some friends.  I don’t even know why I…

  • Photos and Identity Formation

    Each digital image/photo that you post represents you. Each photo gives us a glimpse into who you are – or at least the you that you are projecting to us. It is a powerful identity construction tool. The pose that you are in when you take it; the digital effect…

  • Kate Gosselin’s Identity Formation

    She was all over the news this morning.  I guess she was on the Today show.  I only heard the clip over the airwaves this morning.  So many people out there aren’t big fans of her or Jon, but they still talk about it (because it’s easier to talk about…