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Tag: Identity

  • You Can’t Hide Identity

    It is impossible to hide it.  Even when you’re trying to hide it, that still says something about who you are.  Everyone you know wears their identity – both literally and figuratively. It is definitely something that you can put on and then take off.  If you’re walking around in…

  • Your Mom and Identity Formation

    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…

  • Home and Identity

    Home and Identity

    I have written similar ideas before, but I am always amazed at how much I learn about myself when I go home.  Home – my parent’s home.  It doesn’t hurt that home is Hawaii.  It’s beautiful here.  Normally, the surroundings and the scenery  – and the food – is what…

  • Your Sayings

    I was listening to a podcast, and the guy I was listening to has phrases that he would say repeatedly.  It caught my attention because one of those phrases is “Here’s the thing.”  It also happens to be one of my filler phrases.  I say “Here’s the thing,” all the…

  • Emotional Engineering

    I don’t know what you picture when you think of an engineer, but I think math and socially….well, you know.  Don’t get me wrong.  I know tons of cool engineers, but that’s the focus of this post. I heard about the idea of emotional engineering and was quite fascinated by…

  • Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    …..for breakfast no less.  How does your taste buds respond to that?  Fermented cabbage, marinated beef with salsa all rolled up in a tortilla – meant to be the Korean-Mexican breakfast treat.  I was bummed when I saw the sign because I wanted to try it.  I wasn’t hungry, but…

  • Are You Photo-Realistic?

    Are You Photo-Realistic?

    I couldn’t tell you what the impetus for this post was.  I must have heard it or read it somewhere, and I instantly titled this post and saved it as a draft.  Now coming back to write the actual post, I can’t remember what brought about this thought. It is…

  • Brett Favre and Identity

    Brett Favre and Identity

    Around last year, I wrote about Brett Favre as a Viking – here’s the post.  If you look at the news this week about Favre, it has to do with whether he should retire or he might play again if his ankle is healthy.  There are many articles that make…

  • Power

    Power

    When you first think of this word or idea, what do you think about?  I just read a book about power, and it was quite interesting.  I really challenged my ideas of it.  Check out this webpage for the table of contents and the description of each of the chapters.…

  • Bigorexia

    Bigorexia

    Have you heard of it?  I just heard about it recently.  It’s described as reverse anorexia.  It is an eating disorder.  Instead of wanting to get smaller and thinner, people with this disease try and get bigger. It’s basically the same disease as anorexia except for the fact that there…

  • Your Uniqueness

    Your Uniqueness

    I came up with the line – be unique, but belong – after reading some Erik Erikson for my research.  There’s a balance that needs to be maintained between being yourself, but not being yourself too much.  Or being a part of the group, but not being so weird that…

  • You Control Your Identity

    You Control Your Identity

    That seems like such a simple idea – being able to control your identity, your image, your profile.  The ubiquity of identity projections can be seen everywhere. A few hundred years ago, most people did not have control of their identity.  In fact, only kings and courtiers were able to…