Carl Jung: You Are Not What Happened to You
But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." - Carl Jung
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“I am not what has happened to me,” taught Carl Jung. “I am what I choose to become.”
Jerry Colonna • Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up
Jung differentiates the first and second halves of life, with the first being largely focused on developing an identity to succeed in the world. As adolescents we explore different social groups and activities, internalizing aspects of these things to form an identity. Our identity often relates to what music we listen to, how we dress, our hobbies
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I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become. —Carl Jung