Chapter 1 | Defining the Self: Personal and Developmental Perspectives on Self and Identity

You can consume endless wisdom and still avoid real life. You feel like you do the work through insight consumption but never integrate/experience that insight in the world yourself. That’s where I’ve been stuck. I’ll listen, watch & reflect, analyze and call it growth!! But knowing about something isn’t the same as LIVING it. There comes a point where understanding becomes another place to hide. This idea of “self aware” makes it so easy to stay in your mind and then you’ll tell yourself you’re