Being and Becoming Your True Self A Journey through Identity Alter Egos Symbols and Self-growth

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What if the version of you the world sees isn’t the real you? This book explores identity as the bridge between Being and Becoming-the conduit through which essence within meets expression outside. Drawing on Western psychology (Rogers on congruence and group processes Erikson on identity Winnicott on the true self) Indian philosophy (Sāṅkhya Upaniṣads Yoga Sūtra) and over four decades of group facilitation the author offers conceptual clarity and practical pathways for facilitators therapists educators leaders and seekers. Identity a well-researched psychological construct is shaped by memory culture and relationships yet it is often distorted by childhood rules cultural expectations and t…