HeyJaredThe Great Updraft
The Great Updraft means sweeping upward growth. The name is a metaphor for the journey towards our greatest expression.
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Early Ego Development = Your Psyche's Foundation (opens the original)
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You might be wondering why bother learning about early, preconventional ego development if most adults are long past it. Here's why.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 9/9 episode, Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development by Cook-Greuter (#161)
What Really is Preconventional Ego Development? (opens the original)
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Preconventional ego development takes us from being newborns with zero identity and zero meaning-making capacity to being functional members of the society. This is a huge transformation, and constitutes the first 10-15 years of our life.This is a snippet from my episode Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development (#161)
Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development, Cook-Greuter (opens the original)
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We continue our series on Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory by covering the Pre-Conventional levels.These represent the base of the human being, the beginning of a self, the beginning of being able function in the world.Though they may seem primitive, it's crucial to realise these pre-egoic, pre-civilised, pre-socialised levels of the human psyche are the foundation of your mind and identity, and are still alive in you.Spirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS:
Is Higher Development Always Better? (opens the original)
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We tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier. Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a closer relationship to truth must mean that we are happier!Therefore, higher is better.Not so fast...This episode is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9 episode, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160).
What is Ego Development? (opens the original)
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Ego development simply means how the ego (i.e. our meaning-making function) complexifies over time. As it complexifies, so do our autonomy, freedom, flexibility, self-awareness, tolerance for differences and skill in interacting with the environment.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160).
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