Zero to 1: Mays's Topic Reveal
Last month, we peeled back the curtain on meaning-making. We didn't just explore what things mean; we looked at how meaning itself is formed. And many of you felt that shift: that meaning isn’t something out there waiting to be discovered, but something you’re constantly creating, moment to moment.
But meaning doesn’t appear out of nowhere.
It’s created by someone.
Which brings us to this month. Who is this someone?
This Month’s Topic: Identity
This is the backward step. The one that changes everything.
We turn attention not to the stories, but to the storyteller. Not to meaning, but to the one who is making meaning.
This month, we explore identity:
What does it really mean to be “you”?
What is identity, and what is it made of?
In the same way language follows grammar rules, identity too has a hidden structures
Who are you?
What are you really?
The purpose of our exploration isn’t to find ourselves or to form another identity but instead to go beyond and transcend identity altogether. Our very ability to talk about identity, to know and observe it, means that there has to be something deeper that is aware of our identity and how it changes over time.
Game of Meaning & Identity
“We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are” Anaïs Nin
The Game of Meaning has evolved to include identity. Now it will show you how you're creating meaning and what it says about your identity.
What to Expect This Month
Meaning Deep Dive: I am putting together the finishing touches on April’s Meaning Deep Dive. The Deep Dive will be a little different than in the past months and will be ready soon!
Newsletters: Three Tuesday drops diving into the nature of identity, ego structures, and the false self
A Deep Dive on Identity at the end of the month to bring it all together
Macroeconomics Part 4: Due to recent events, I have decided to make Part 4 more relevant to how the world economic order is changing with the Tarrifs and way this can unfold.
My hope is that by the end of May, you are a little shell-shocked.
Until Tuesday,
Stefan
PS: You have not filled out the 2-question survey about creating a new Psychology Section please do so.
The Psychology Section
This section would focus on subjects such as personality traits, the dark triad, developmental psychology, psychoanalytic diagnostics, and understanding personality structures (e.g., neurotic, psychotic, bipolar, narcissistic, histrionic, etc.), understanding bias, EMDR, etc.
Next, if you are interested or very interested, what topic is most exciting?
Here are the topics and what they include:
Personality Theory & Development"
Big 5 Traits
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Developmental Psychology stages
Deep Psychology & Existential Work
Jung's work
Denial of Death
Existential psychology
Psychoanalysis foundations & Psychoanalytic Diagnostics
Practical Psychology & Change
CBT frameworks
EMDR
Pattern recognition
Behavioral change models
Understanding Dark Psychology
Dark Triad
Manipulation patterns
Shadow work
Defense mechanisms
Modern Mental Tools & Healing
Current therapy approaches
Trauma-informed practices
Integration techniques
Practical applications
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