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Becoming the Person You Were Meant to Be: Where to Start

By Anne Lamott — 2009

We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.

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Have You Ever Felt Like an Outsider?

Being an outsider can cause culture shock. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

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Natalie Proulx
2019
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Identity and Neurodiversity

Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?

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International Bipolar Foundation
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Why ‘That Girl’ Isn’t Real

The “that girl” trend has inspired millions of views, but the supposedly inspiring trend can become toxic.

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Ava Fisher
2022
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“Which One Is the Real Me?”—A Veteran’s Transition and Identity Crisis

Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.

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Joshua Plummer
2022
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After Not Feeling ‘Queer Enough’ Kept Him Closeted, Pro Wrestler Logan Black Found Camaraderie in Coming Out

Out pro wrestler Logan Black found the response to his coming out ‘overwhelming in the best way.’

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Brian C. Bell
2021
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Free the Nippleless! From Ourselves and the Shame of Living in a Society that Rarely Acknowledges Us

For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.

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Jessica Zucker
2021
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The Second Identity Crisis: How to Deal in a Smart Way with a New Phase of Life

One of Erikson’s most important contributions was to describe this as a psychosocial phenomenon—an interaction between someone’s sense of who he or she is as a person and society’s recognition of that person as an individual.

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Prudy Gourguechon
2019
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Are You Having an Identity Crisis?

Here are four key ways to identify your identity.

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Susan Krauss Whitbourne
2012
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Connecticut Q&A: Bernie S. Siegel; ‘If You Enjoy Living, You Live Longer’

THE greatest disease of mankind is a lack of love, according to the surgeon and author Bernie S. Siegel, who advocates that the body can be healed through the mind. Dr.

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Sharon L. Bass
1989
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Parenting a Third Culture Kid

Third Culture Kids (TCKs): Children who don’t identify with a single culture, but have a more complicated identity forged from their experiences as global citizens.

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Elke Robshaw
2015
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