Self Identity

Recognizing one's self-image is a crucial step in comprehending how self-perception influences one's behavior and interactions with the environment. Our thoughts, perceptions, and attitudes regarding our looks, talents, and general values make up what is known as our self-image. Society norms, individual experiences, and the opinions of others all have a role in shaping this multi-faceted concept. Building a positive self-image is essential for a joyful and successful life since it guides our actions, choices, and feelings.

Best Book Awards Women's Fiction Finalist 2024 Indies Today Finalist 2024 Readers' Favorite 5 star review Toni Agosti is having a midlife crisis at age thirty-five. Unsurprising, since she hasn’t achieved her dream job of becoming a cellist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and, instead, is trapped teaching music all day. She’s also barely surviving in her shaky marriage to former soulmate and new Mr. Condescending, uh…Christian. When she learns about her ancestor leaving Italy to reestablish his winery in early 1900s LA, she longs to awaken the freedom-filled family legacy and escape ...

Are you more than your job title? "You're Only Just a Driver: Knowing Your True Identity Beyond Your Job Title/Description" is a transformative journey for anyone who’s ever felt boxed in by their role—especially drivers navigating the highways of the transportation industry. This empowering guide dares you to look past the steering wheel, beyond the endless miles, and into the heart of who you truly are.

Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all time. His Akari lamps changed the way modern buildings light their space. But before he was important, he was a kid. This is his story. Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. The world, however, was not always so giving in return. Growing up mixed-race, born in the United States but raised in Japan, Noguchi found himself perceived as an outsider who did not belong in either country

Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young listeners and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity.

Me, My Selfie & Eye is a timely, relevant book intently written to connect, console and encourage those in the midst of midlife identity confusion. This book is a practical updated conversation about the process of midlife upheaval and cites grief as the main culprit, especially when everything we believed to be true about our selves is no longer certain.

Chiaroscuro (kyar-uh-scoor-oh): The art of blending light and shadow. DEVOTION - DEPRESSION - DETERMINATION Stom Carpenter is a quiet presence—a giant in the high school halls who slips between worlds, seen but never truly understood. He longs for the freedom and clarity of adulthood, yet the more he seeks it, the more trapped he becomes in his own mind. THE BLENDING OF LIGHT AND SHADOW WAS FAR EASIER ON PAPER THAN IN LIFE. Just last month he was a football player, but Stom traded in his helmet for a sketchbook, hoping to escape the chaos of the world around him. Instead of finding solace...

Westerners today grow up with abundant opportunities to determine their own values, identities, and roles in society. But for generations, millions who lived under Soviet rule in the USSR had these essential freedoms withheld, determined instead by a central authority that claimed the right to choose for them and enforce their compliance. Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s decisive collapse, the old communist paradigm continues to limit those who come of age in a post-Soviet world.

A Romance Novel Set in Wessex's Gibraltar during the Late 19th Century"Loves of a Stony Heart" is a gorgeously crafted romance novel teeming with evocative tales of unrequited love, longing, and the relentless pursuit of individual identity. Set against the quaint yet mystifying rural backdrop of Wessex's Gibraltar in the late 19th century, the narrative eloquently captures the stark contrast between burgeoning urban life and timeless rural traditions. Delicate Bonds and Complex Love TrianglesHighlighted by the complicated and contrast-filled relationships between London-bred sculptor ...

Aeris was born a monster—a patchwork of serpent’s skin, black scales, and brittle feathers. His gold-coin eyes, slashed like knife wounds, cut a ragged rift straight through his soul. He longs to peel away his hideous flesh, to carve himself into something real. Something human. But human skin is not given. It is taken. At a price. Generations ago, the realms fell to the Burn—the only way to purge a land so twisted by man that its harvests nourished the body while poisoning the flesh. Now, as the wilderness creeps through the ashes, what remains for nature’s tinkerers? Pathway—the...

Sit Down and Dialogue with Yourself is about finding, listening to, and giving voice to the many internal thoughts, feelings, and emotions that come to form the various self-states we all experience as comprising that vital subjective core of who we are.

Releasing Anxiety and Insomnia are part of the New Realities/Awakening Series® creative visualizations, which have been assisting individuals to transform their lives for over 10 years. This program instructs the unconscious mind to create resolution and directs the subconscious mind to release thoughts, beliefs and unwanted behaviors that hinder you from realizing rest and relaxation. Releasing Anxiety and Insomnia is a program of unconscious direction, subconscious release and conscious focus.

Cast your worries aside and begin an empowering journey that will transform you into the best mom you can possibly be without sacrificing your needs! Are you beginning to feel nervous about impending parenthood because you feel like you don’t know everything yet? Do you worry about finding time for yourself, or losing your identity as you transition into becoming a mom? Are you afraid of not being good enough for your baby, and can’t seem to cast aside those intrusive thoughts from your brain? Then this is the guide for you… First things first. Mama, you are already doing an ...

Who am I? It’s a question you might ask yourself a lot, and this book for teen guys and young men will lead you through an investigation to find the answers. You’ll learn that your identity is much more than your grades, your looks, or your athletic skills. The only One who truly knows you and defines you is the One who created you. Revealed will give you answers about who you are and where you’re going, leading you to uncover your true Christ-shaped identity.

AS AN EXPAT, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH UNFAMILIAR SITUATIONS AND PLACES AND NAVIGATE LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN? For Jovelle, this is a constant cycle in her life as an expat. This book will reveal the life lessons of an expat who lived and worked in five countries and traveled in fifty of them. Those life lessons came from extraordinary but true experiences. Whether you are an expat or not, your core values may be challenged, or you may feel alienated. This is the only book that starts with the story about the Nude Guy and ends with The Foreplay! Filled with humor and insights, Jovelle lets us know ...

"What constructs in your life must you unlearn to support inclusivity and respect for all?" This is a question that artist, actor, and activist Chella Man wrestles with in this powerful and honest essay. A story of coping and resilience, Chella journeys through his experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color, and shows us that identity lies on a continuum - a beautiful, messy, and ever-evolving road of exploration.

You are not broken. You are not divided. You are just remembering how to be whole. In The Voice of Baphomet – Union, Contradiction, and the Sacred Intelligence of the In-Between, Frater Merovingia channels the voice of Baphomet—not as devil or deity, but as the presence that makes contradiction sacred, integration possible, and identity expansive. Baphomet does not demand purity. They offer permission. Not to choose, but to contain. Inside this book, you’ll find: Ten channeled transmissions from Baphomet—each one a mirror, a contradiction, and an invitation to stop dividing yourself...

A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the young girl as a plethora of things: selfish and generous, mean and kind, brave and mischievous. While many of these qualities oppose each other, the context makes it abundantly clear that she speaks the truth. She is a walking contradiction, and that is precisely what makes her both a unique individual and an essential piece of the greater world around her. Divya Srinivasan shows what makes us human and proud to be who we are.

Featured on YouVersion Bible App Devotional Reading Plan. Feeling abandoned, lost or tossed about? Maybe you even felt like God has hung you out to dry in the desert! Favored Not Forgotten shows you the light about dark seasons in your life. Even the most promising opportunities begin with a "wilderness season." God has never been closer to you than now. Learn how to embrace these seasons of preparation for promotion. Learn how to Embrace the Season, Thrive in Obscurity, and Activate your Purpose in this exciting promise from God, and always remember that you are Favored, Not Forgotten.

In this inclusive history and guide to skin care and beauty, journalist and founder of Very Good Light David Yi teaches us that self-care, wellness, and feeling beautiful transcends time, boundaries, and binaries - and that pretty boys can change the world.