Are you aware of how you may change in different situations? Do you realize when it’s helpful and when it's a hindrance? This week we are digging into those self concepts and identities a little more.
We’ll be exploring some of the thinking around whether having numerous identities is a good, bad - or my stance - nuanced thing. I’ll be sharing two academic concepts to explore the different perspectives around being fluid and flexible in the ways we show up.
I discuss:
- How we are the result of things that served and protected us at the time.
- The idea that self concept -is organized into multiple components and identities.
- SCD - Self Concept Differentiation - the degree to which the identities are the same or differ across personally important roles.
- How we are influenced by our environment and experiences which is a result of our minds doing what it felt was required at the time.
- Self-Complexity as a cognitive buffer against stress-related illness and depression, by Patricia Linville.
… and more!
Today’s exercise: Create a grid of boxes and think about the core elements and identities that go into who you are - do you want to add or remove some?
Books mentioned in this episode:
Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation by Annahid Dashtgard and Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers.
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