S2 Ep8: Dr James Hollis – finding meaning and purpose in life
Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
The Importance of Ego Strength in Midlife
By the time you're mid-30s, as I was, or 40, two things have happened. You've gained enough ego strength to bear looking at yourself. A young person can't really bear to look at all the things that need to be looked at. So this is not confined to midlife. It's just that often it takes a while for our understandings of self and will to play out. And then in the second half of life, the real project is that ego consciousness has to confront the inner life.
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