Recognizing what makes us a whole person at our core should feel natural, but it so often eludes us in rocky times. Tuning into your innermost essence can help you navigate the next chapter of your life, and make the difference you need to make. For decades, I’ve drawn inspiration...
Tag: identity
Year in Review: How to Write a More Magical Story of Your Life
Every day, we are writing the story of our lives. We don’t always think of it that way. Life happens to us. We get busy. Before we know it, we are signing holiday cards and decking the halls. Creating a richer, more vivid story requires that we first look backward,...
Summer Reading: iGen, Smartphones, Digital Culture and the Disrupted Self
As many of you know, my current obsession is researching how digital culture is changing humans most deeply—especially from within. Our sense of identity is not only a compass that motivates us, it also a cultural touchstone. It won’t surprise you. My findings are disturbing. [tweetshareinline tweet=”Big picture: the rise...
5 Ways Digital is Transforming Who We Are and What We Want
Back in 2012, I started looking into what digital culture is doing to our sense of identity. I was especially curious about how the Internet is affecting the interplay between identity and ambition. I’m talking about how our drive to become someone–to make something of our selves–might be transforming in...