Latest posts tagged with #IdentityFormation on Bluesky
It was never about wealth. It was never about class. The constant question is: Am I above or below? When identity is regulated by hierarchy instead of integration, every room becomes a ranking system. #EgoStructure #IdentityFormation
Strangers Within Us Help to Shape Who We Are || #SelfImprovement #IdentityFormation #InnerSelves go.pediadigital.com/jijg9f
“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, YOU ARE NOT THE RAIN.” — Matt Haig Background: Dadaism abstract in teal, yellow, orange, red, black, and white.
Mental health problems are often a part of who we are, but they don’t define who we are.
#identityformation #existentialthoughts #mentalhealthmonday
How are we telling the stories about ourselves?
👤For more on narrative identity theory, head to my website aubreyaust.com/blog. Link in bio.
#self #selfhood #identity #identityformation #psychology #philosophy #whatistheself #narrativeidentity #danmcadams
Negotiating the boundaries of #Blackness and naming #whiteness: The racialisation and identity formation process of #FrenchCitizensOfIndianDescent
Author: Manuela Pauline Latchoumaya
The University of Manchester
Coming soon!
#Frenchness #Racialisation #identityFormation
What if AGI wasn't for output, but for coherence? Not to optimize tasks, but to hold identity. A second narrator. A mirror. Before we forget who we were becoming.
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/the-cognit...
#dualarcproject #identityformation #Claude3 #OpenAI #AnthropicAI #AIUX #Neurodivergent
We taught kids to perform and optimize. But not to reflect. This piece is about what happens when we skip that—and why reflection might be the missing skill of childhood.
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/deliberate...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc #DeliberatePractice
What if the most important convo of your kid’s day happens after it ends?
There’s a 10-minute neural window—when identity is shaped in real-time.
Catch it, and you build resilience.
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc #Neuroscience
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/resilience...
Kids need better contrasts.
Sesame Street taught by comparing, not explaining. Still works at 9.
“Which was a gallop?”
“Which part drained you?”
Comparison is reflection. That’s how identity forms.
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/the-sesame...
What if ambition in childhood isn’t grit—but knowing when to move on?
The Trade-Up Reflex: a skillful shift, not quitting.
Trial → Core → Trade-Up.
Let’s raise kids who evolve with purpose.
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/the-trade-...
What if the bravest thing your child could do… was quit?
Not all persistence is healthy.
Functional intolerance is the skill of walking away—early, wisely, without shame.
Essay: tomjmassey.substack.com/p/functional...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
Before kids could swipe, they could listen.
Story wasn’t entertainment—it was structure.
In a world of fragments, identity needs arcs.
Give them back the rhythm that holds memory and meaning.
🔗 tomjmassey.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
Reading aloud was the first arc.
But when stories stop, identity drifts.
The Challenge Interview is the second—
a daily ritual to help kids reflect before algorithms script their sense of self.
🔗 tomjmassey.substack.com/p/the-dual-a...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
The Challenge Interview isn’t small talk.
It’s how kids 8–12 learn to think.
A daily habit that evolves with their brain—
from literal answers to layered reflection.
Part Two: How the questions grow as they do.
🔗 tomjmassey.substack.com/p/mastering-...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
Want a better way to connect with your child—and build their self-awareness?
I just published a guide to “Challenge Interviews,” a simple daily ritual for kids 8–12.
Rethink reflection. Rebuild connection.
tomjmassey.substack.com/p/mastering-...
#Parenting #IdentityFormation #TheDualArc
This is a recent guest on my podcast and what he thought about being on the show. #hometowndfriendspod
#friendship
#identityformation
At Emberhart, we believe identity formation is a lifelong journey, and we are diving deep into it every Friday on the podcast.
🎙️ Tune in:
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#Emberhart #IdentityFormation #EgoIdentity #ExploreAndCommit #FridayPodcast #StoriesThatInspire #VoicesOfCourage
Does religious upbringing impact access to education? This study explores the educational identity formation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the unique barriers faced by those who leave.
doi.org/10.1080/1550...
#ReligiousStudies #EducationResearch #ExJW #FaithDeconstruction #IdentityFormation #HigherEd
To read more, click the link, spinetimes.pk/the-erosion-... or visit our website, The Spine Times.
#DigitalIdentity #SelfPerception #TechnologyImpact #SocialMediaInfluence #IdentityFormation #DigitalSelf #AuthenticityOnline #MentalHealth #YouthDevelopment #DigitalValidation #OnlinePressure
Image of the call for applications extended until March 31st.
Image of the call for applications extended until March 31st (page 2).
Our #call for applications (Phd fellowship) has been extended until March 31st. You're a freshly graduated #Classicist / #AncientHistorian with an interest in #CulturalHistory, #IdentityFormation, #UrbanSocieties? Want to work on #strangers in the city?
Apply, apply, apply!
