Self & Identity

How we see ourselves and wrestle with our own narratives, confidence, and doubt.

Self & Identity

Oct 6, 2026

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3 min read

Old Portrait

Self-Verification Theory | Why some compliments are hard to believe

Self & Identity

Oct 3, 2026

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3 min read

On Repeat

Ironic Process Theory | When a thought keeps coming back

Self & Identity

Jun 27, 2026

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3 min read

Inner Map

Affect Labelling | On a wheel and how language intervenes in emotion

Self & Identity

Jun 23, 2026

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3 min read

Replay

Rumination | On a bully and loops that look like thinking

Self & Identity

Jun 20, 2026

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3 min read

Hollow

Emptiness | On a construction site and what no one tells you about silence

Self & Identity

Jun 16, 2026

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3 min read

The Record

Confidence | On a cenote and the evidence that outlasts fear

Self & Identity

Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

Final Draft

End-of-History Illusion | On a cabin and why we stop expecting to change

Self & Identity

Jun 9, 2026

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3 min read

Off the Clock

Role Identity | On a server room and when work becomes self

Self & Identity

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

The Keeper

Object Attachment | On a doll and the things we carry through life

Self & Identity

Apr 11, 2026

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3 min read

Silenced Voice

Self-compassion | On a slice of cake and mistaken kindness

Self & Identity

Feb 14, 2026

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7 min read

The Hourglass

On time, identity, and the gift of now

Self & Identity

Feb 10, 2026

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4 min read

The Thread

Temporal Self-Continuity | On the story between selves

Self & Identity

Dec 13, 2025

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8 min read

Selective Truth

Self-Serving Bias | When attribution follows outcome

Self & Identity

Dec 9, 2025

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8 min read

The Rehearsal

Authenticity Paradox | Why growth requires pretending

Self & Identity

Dec 2, 2025

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8 min read

Steel and Water

Self-Concept Clarity | The cost of contradiction

Self & Identity

Nov 22, 2025

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7 min read

Becoming Untrue

On self-fulfilling prophecy and what Professor Cabrera got wrong

Self & Identity

Nov 11, 2025

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7 min read

Unaware

On the Johari Window, mirrors and blind spots

Self & Identity

Sep 27, 2025

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6 min read

To or Through

Locus of Control | How attribution shapes everything

Self & Identity

Sep 20, 2025

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6 min read

Depthless

Illusion of Explanatory Depth | When confidence replaces understanding

Self & Identity

Sep 16, 2025

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4 min read

Peak Ignorance

Dunning-Kruger Effect | Why ignorance feels like mastery

Self & Identity

May 23, 2025

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4 min read

Myth of Me

Why we magnify differences

Self & Identity

May 21, 2025

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5 min read

Healing Promise

How hope rewires us

Self & Identity

May 19, 2025

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5 min read

Shadows We Carry

Why beliefs endure

Self & Identity

Apr 25, 2025

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2 min read

Confidence Illusion

Why we overrate ourselves

Self & Identity

Apr 18, 2025

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2 min read

Hum of Truths

How opposites co-exist

Self & Identity

Old Portrait

On Repeat

Inner Map

Replay

Hollow

The Record

Final Draft

Off the Clock

The Keeper

Silenced Voice

The Hourglass

The Thread

Selective Truth

The Rehearsal

Steel and Water

Becoming Untrue

Unaware

To or Through

Depthless

Peak Ignorance

Myth of Me

Healing Promise

Shadows We Carry

Confidence Illusion

Hum of Truths

The Thought