320 | Identity Clutter

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan are joined by counselor, podcaster, and author Ian Morgan Cron to discuss identity clutter and the outdated stories people tell themselves, and they answer the following questions:

How do you start rewriting your story when you feel overwhelmed and insecure about who you are and who you want to be? (02:23)

What does the acronym “SOAR” represent? (06:27)

What is “act as-if”? (07:38)

How do you discover your true identity after traumatically losing your societal identities? (10:20)

What is the difference between a role and an identity? (11:41)

How can the Enneagram help us discover ourselves? (13:41)

How do you define “personality”? (14:31)

What is the role of self-awareness in personality and in identity? (16:29)

How do beliefs become problematic? (23:46)

How do I find peace with who I am? (28:51)

How do you define “shame”? (30:10)

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0:00.0	This broadcast has bad words.
0:10.5	Hello Minimizers, welcome to the Minimals Podcast.
0:13.4	We'll rediscover what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:16.7	My name is Joshua Wilfields-Milburn.
0:18.0	And I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the Minimalists.
0:21.3	Yay!
0:22.3	Yay!
0:23.3	We have a live studio audience today.
0:28.1	And we're going to talk about why in a moment, first, let's talk about you.
0:33.1	What negative outdated stories do you tell yourself about who you are?
0:37.6	How do those stories block your happiness, peace, and freedom?
0:41.1	Today on the podcast, we're joined by our good friend Ian Morgan-Kron.
0:45.4	He's the author of this new book.
0:46.5	I'll hold it up for you, too, here.
0:48.2	It's called The Story of You.
0:51.1	Together, we're going to rethink.
0:52.7	We're going to help you rethink the stale stories you tell yourself so that you can let
0:56.6	go of your past or even your present identity.
0:59.9	We're talking about identity clutter today.
1:02.2	Then this Thursday on the Minimals Private Podcast, Ryan, Ian, and I are going to examine
1:08.5	your inner strengths and weaknesses.
1:10.4	We'll also discuss the nine personality types of the Anya Graham.
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