S18: E16: When Good Identities Become Cages (and how to break free)

Old Fashioned On Purpose by Jill Winger

Apr 27, 202628:41Education

Today, I’m exploring the power of identity and how it shapes us, anchors us, and sometimes quietly begins to confine us. Even the identities that are good and meaningful can become cages when we cling to them too tightly...

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