friends shape your identity

What are the social circles you frequent? What kinds of people do you interact with?

and reflexive sense that people have of who they are.

Ground Your Identity Improving your ability to manage the Identity Conversation has two steps. First, you need to become familiar with those identity issues that are important to you, so you can spot them during a conversation. Second, you need to learn to integrate new information into your identity in ways that are healthy – a step that requires