Tag: Identity
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Just How American You Are
Seeing as this is suppose to be a blog about Identity, I figured I’d write something about my identity. You don’t really know just how American you are – until you leave the US. It’s been pretty interesting to be in Israel and intentionally process through just how American I…
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Man Damage
I heard this phrase this week. It stood out to me because I’ve never thought about it before. Although, it’s titled Man Damage, it could just as well be Woman Damage. It works both ways. The basic gist has to do with the stuff that we bring into relationships. A…
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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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Gathering Around a #Hashtag
I heard someone talk about this idea. He had started a hashtag – mainly as a snarky remark – and a million tweets later, he realized that he had tapped into something deeper than he had originally intended. We long to belong. I’ve written about how we need to belong.…
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Setting up Boundaries
I was thinking through boundaries today. I have read books on them. I have heard people talk about them. Most of the time, I hear about it in the context of boundaries in a vacuum – meaning – setting up boundaries ahead of time and far away from this magical…
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More Grace
As a teacher and eternal student, I have been in a context where it’s all about more knowledge, more information, more research – just more data. Well, I guess it’s also getting A’s and more advance degrees. It’s built into my life. I have a doctorate in education. It’s my…
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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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The William Shatner Voice
Have you ever heard anyone do the William Shatner voice – without even knowing it? I guess it’s how people talk when they are trying to make a point. They do that dramatic pause that Shatner does. It works for Shatner. As you’re reading this, you’re saying some lines in…
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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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Where to Find Your Identity
I know that I’ve written something like this before, but this conversation keeps coming up. Just because I study and I’m very interested in identity doesn’t necessarily mean I know how you might be able to find identity. Everyone is different. There is never one way to find identity and…
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Guest Post: I Am a Vet
I had an interaction with @Swingman_Yeh – You can check him out on Twitter. He had mentioned his “veteraness” in a tweet, and I didn’t have a post on that identity so I asked him if he would guest post on my blog about his “veteraness.” Here’s his post. I’m a…
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