Have you ever woken up and realized that the person you used to be no longer fits the reality you are living in? While many focus purely on the rebuilding phase, true transformation requires us to first understand a darker, essential threshold: Identity Destruction.
In my latest video lecture (embedded below), we pull back the curtain on this breakdown. Drawing from the structural frameworks of dialogical identity theory (Beech, 2011) and real-life qualitative narratives from my 2020-2022 Liminal World Project, we explore the precise architecture of how our sense of self fractures during a crisis.
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Inside This Session, We Unpack:
- The Self-Society Dialogue: Why your identity is a living conversation, not a static trait.
- The Three Liminal Identity Work Practices (Beech, 2011): Recognition (outside-in), Experimentation (inside-out), or Reflection (integrated).
- The Loss of the Extended Self (an example from the 2020-2022 Liminal World): A deep dive into the emotional uprooting of career changes and physical displacement.
Take the Next Step in Your Transition
Understanding how your old self breaks down is the first step to consciously building what comes next. If you are ready to move beyond the theory and actively map out your own identity reconstruction, I invite you to join our community.
This Fall, I plan to host a live, interactive 90-minute Masterclass on Zoom to help you navigate liminality with structural tools and clarity. Stay tuned for more information.
Nataša Ċeċez-Sekuliċ 