Self Identity

Brought to you by Penguin. Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect 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...

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 Shifting: The Complete Guide to Becoming the Version of You Who Already Has It All Most people try to change their circumstances. They chase money, love, success, and stability by working harder, visualizing longer, or waiting for proof. But reality doesn’t bend to effort — it bends to identity. Your world always reflects who you say you are. If you identify as broke, you experience lack. If you identify as unlucky in love, you experience rejection. If you identify as magnetic, wealthy, and chosen, reality has no choice but to mirror it back. This is the power of identity ...

Money doesn’t show up because you work harder. Money shows up because of who you are. Embody a Wealth Identity is a direct, identity-first guide to reshaping the self-concept that wealth responds to instantly. This isn’t about manifesting money, chasing strategies, or hoping for abundance. It’s about becoming the version of you for whom wealth is normal, expected, and automatic. Inside, you’ll learn how your identity silently dictates your income, your opportunities, and the way money behaves in your world. When you shift the story of who you are, reality has no choice but to ...

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, ...

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, ...

What if your reality isn’t being created piece by piece… but selected through identity? Most people spend their lives trying to change circumstances, control thoughts, fix problems, and force outcomes. But beneath every experience is something deeper: Self-concept. The identity you carry determines what feels possible, what feels normal, what you expect, and ultimately, what your reality reflects back to you. In Self-Concept Selects Your Reality, manifestation writer and reality creator The Quantum Shifter breaks down the true relationship between identity and experience in a simple, ...

Discover the woman you were meant to be when you find your worth in Jesus Christ. Brittany Maher and Cassandra Speer, leaders of the social media sensation and ministry Her True Worth, deliver a powerful call to women to break free from the bondage of false identities and discover their true...

Satan knows something that most of us fail to consider: Human beings are the crown of God's creation. It is this position of honor in all the cosmos that draws Satan's ire. With thoughtful and encouraging insight into our position of value in God's eyes, Charles Kraft explores the overt attacks that destroy our self-image - and the hidden ones, too. In his powerful and fortifying book, he answers these and other questions.

Step beyond the limits of the present moment and connect with the version of you who already lives the life you desire. This powerful guided hypnosis meditation blends deep relaxation, visualization, and energetic alignment to help you consciously shift realities through the art of quantum jumping.

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.

Are you struggling with your identity, battling low self-worth, or feeling lost in a world of confusion? Discover the powerful truth of who you are in Christ and live with unshakable confidence, clarity, and purpose. In Who Am I in Christ? Reclaiming Your God-Given Identity and Purpose, this life-changing Christian devotional helps believers understand their spiritual identity, embrace their position in Christ, and walk boldly in God's calling. Through 30 transformative, scripture-filled chapters, you will be equipped to silence the lies of the enemy and replace them with biblical truths ...

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.

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...

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.

This book is a structured guide to intentional self-transformation in an age dominated by distraction, inherited identities, and unconscious repetition. Build the Best Future Version of Yourself challenges the popular obsession with outcomes, habits, and surface-level motivation by making a deeper claim: lasting change begins not with what you do, but with who you decide to become, encouraging readers to focus on their identity as the foundation for change. At its core, the book treats personal growth as a process of self-design rather than self-improvement. It reframes growth as deliberate...

Have you ever felt invisible in rooms where you should have mattered? Have you carried the silent pain of rejection, only to watch it shape your confidence, your relationships, your voice, and your sense of worth? Have you grown tired of feeling overlooked, dismissed, forgotten, and emotionally erased while knowing deep inside that your life was meant for more? Breaking the Curse of Nobody: Reclaim Your Identity, Silence Rejection, and Step into a Life That Cannot Be Ignored is not another feel-good book that only tells you to “love yourself” and move on. This book goes deeper. It ...

Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Applying His Major Ideas in Everyday Life is your essential roadmap to mastering one of the most influential psychological theories of the 20th century. Whether you're a psychology student, educator, therapist, parent, or simply someone interested in personal growth, this comprehensive and reader-friendly guide helps you understand and apply Erikson’s 8 stages of psychosocial development in everyday life. Explore how trust, autonomy, identity, intimacy, and legacy shape who we become—from infancy to...

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...

Unseen Wars is a raw and honest conversation between your Mind, Subconscious, and Self, the three voices quietly shaping every choice, fear, and pattern in your life. Through powerful dialogues and grounded lessons, Mariana Smith guides you to stop fighting your own thoughts and start leading them. This is not a traditional self help book. It is a mirror that reveals the emotional patterns keeping you stuck, the guilt weighing you down, and the need for safety hidden beneath your anxiety. You will learn how to create peace from within, reconnect with your truth, and rewrite the story your ...