Self Identity

Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. In Against Identity, philosopher Alexander Douglas seeks an alternative wisdom. Searching the work of three thinkers – ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, Dutch Enlightenment thinker Benedict de Spinoza, and 20th Century French theorist René Girard – he explores how identity can be a spiritual violence that leads us away from truth.

Self and Identity: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction that draws on key theories and ideas in social psychology to explore the ways that other people affect our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Highlighting selfhood as a function of identity, the book shows that it is our relationships with others in our social world that largely determine who we are. It considers the philosophical and psychological context in which ideas about selfhood have developed and reviews the ways that the people around us, and the groups that we belong to, affect who we are.

Identity and the Search for Self: Erikson’s Most Influential Idea and Its Relevance Today is a clear and deeply engaging guide to the lifelong process of becoming who we are. Drawing on Erik Erikson’s groundbreaking research into psychosocial development, this book explores how identity forms, shifts, strengthens, and transforms from early childhood through late adulthood. Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the emotional and social forces that shape self concept, as well as the inner conflicts that drive exploration, confusion, and personal growth. Whether you are a parent, ...

There are a lot of personality tests out there designed to label you and put you in a particular box. But Dr. Caroline Leaf says there's much more to you than a personality profile can capture. In fact, you cannot be categorized! In this fascinating book, she takes listeners through seven steps to rediscover and unlock their unique "you quotient".

A New York Times–bestselling author reveals how the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, are critical to our lives We all know we tell stories about ourselves. But as psychiatrist and neuroscientist Gregory Berns argues in The Self Delusion, we don’t just tell stories; we are the...

From a former contributing editor at Runner’s World, a narrative-driven prescriptive book on reckoning with the end of an athletic journey—and what comes next. On January 18, 2020, Dimity McDowell unknowingly went on her last run. The deceleration of her running career began three years...

"From Felix Duyilemi, the best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Wisdom (Top 100 in Business Ethics), comes the next essential guide to transforming your life..." There comes a moment in every life when you realize: something must change… and that something is YOU You feel it — the untapped power inside you, the strength you haven’t fully claimed, the voice you’ve held back for too long. The world hasn’t seen your real potential yet, not because you’re incapable, but because self-doubt has been standing in the doorway of your destiny. That ends now. The 48 Laws of Self-Confidence...

Bestselling author Herminia Ibarra presents a model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we've learned from "career experts"—and is tailor-made for changing careers in today's uncertain world. Career transition is not a linear path toward some predetermined identity, according to Ibarra, but a crooked journey along which we try on a host of "possible selves" we might become. Successful reinvention comes not from deciphering and analyzing our past, but from inventing and testing our possible futures.

There is no book Neville Goddard ever wrote titled The Law of Assumption. Yet his entire body of work points toward it. Scattered across lectures, essays, and foundational texts such as The Power of Awareness, Feeling Is the Secret, and Awakened Imagination lies a doctrine so precise, so structurally consistent, that it forms what can only be described as a complete law governing reality creation. This book is the result of carefully curating, interpreting, and integrating those teachings into one unified manual — written not for passive readers, but for conscious identity architects ...

Are you feeling lost, unsure of who you are, or struggling to find your purpose in life? Do you yearn to connect with your true self and live a more authentic, fulfilling life? If so, 30 Days to Discover Who I Am is the mindfulness program you need to begin your journey of self-discovery. This comprehensive workbook contains 30 unique mindfulness exercises designed to help you explore your values, beliefs, and passions, and gain a deeper understanding of yourself. Each exercise is accompanied by a corresponding hashtag that allows you to connect with others and share your insights online, ...

This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book To Have or to Be? The Art of Being teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity of having to being creates a state of enlightened psychological and spiritual happiness.

The Flowing Self: Identity in Drift and the Dynamics of Being offers a radical rethinking of what it means to be a self in a world shaped by continuous change, relational complexity, and the dissolution of fixed categories. Rejecting essentialist models of identity and therapeutic narratives of self-discovery, the book presents a structural account of selfhood as a lawful process—not something possessed, but something inferred, constructed, and maintained through dynamic coherence over time.

An exploration into the curation of the self in Western civilization from Da Vinci to Kim Kardashian. In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally reproduced, we're all hungry to carve out our own unique personalities, our own bespoke personae, to...

A massive tome on this specific subject would not even begin to touch the surface of the many teachings that make up Hinduism. Indeed, this short book does not attempt in anyway to provide a succinct summary of Hindu thinking; such an undertaking would be doomed to fail in the face of millennia of collective knowledge. Yet we shall briefly examine some of the intellectual foundations upon which the whole Hindu metaphysical philosophy rests.

You can have it all. It just requires a new version of you to rise up. No matter how much we would like to believe that we have evolved, the truth will always be in our results. They don't lie. In Identity Switch, April Mason will guide you through the steps it will take to transform and rewire your mind in a humorous, informative, and straightforward way.

If you’ve been trying to find direction in life and nothing sticks, the problem may not be lack of clarity—it may be the way you’ve been looking for it. Wanting Illusion exposes the exact mechanism that keeps intelligent people stuck in endless analysis, self-improvement, and clarity-seeking while their actual life waits in the background. This is not another guru-catnip book about finding purpose, productivity, or self-mastery. It is written for the intelligent overthinker who has chased clarity in life, built mental focus, cultivated self-awareness, pursued emotional growth—and ...

In this powerful book that Dutch Sheets calls his life message, listeners are given truths about who they are in Christ and how to become the person God made them to be. More than a book about identity in Christ, it is an action plan to help believers conquer the lies that keep them defeated and walk into a newfound freedom. Originally titled Roll Away Your Stone, it provides sound biblical teaching that shows believers how to walk in the Spirit.

Are you feeling lost or stuck in your midlife? Are you questioning your choices and wondering if this is all there is to life? If so, you're not alone. Many people go through a midlife crisis, and it can be a challenging and confusing time. But there is hope. With the 30 Days to Overcome a Midlife Crisis mindfulness workbook, you'll learn how to find clarity and purpose in your life. Through daily exercises and practices, you'll explore your thoughts and feelings, identify patterns and habits that hold you back, and develop a greater sense of self-awareness and acceptance. You'll learn how ...

You don’t fail to change your life because you want the wrong things. You fail because reality does not respond to desire. It responds to identity. If you’ve spent years believing in manifestation, visualizing clearly, affirming consistently, and genuinely trying, yet still noticed the same outcomes repeating, this book was written for you. I believed deeply in manifestation. I followed the advice. I read the books. I applied the techniques. And when things didn’t change, I assumed the problem was me: not enough belief, not enough discipline, not enough alignment. But eventually, ...

“I am married to an amazing woman, and we have great kids. I also carry a huge secret deep inside: I am gay.” Accepting truth about sexual identity after living outwardly as straight is terrifying and incredibly difficult to maneuver. Some fool themselves that this will be just fine, some have been caught exploring their sexuality, and some consider drastic steps to spare themselves and their loved ones from this truth.