Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Part 4: The False Self

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May 16, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Tyler's Vulnerability With Son

  • Tyler shares a personal moment of losing control with his two-year-old son and feeling deep shame.
  • The son's fearful look haunted him, revealing his own fear and vulnerability about fatherhood.
INSIGHT

Fear Builds the False Self

  • Fear drives us to create and cling to a false self built on external approval and surface success.
  • This false self neglects our deepest identity and feeds an endless cycle of anxiety, comparison, and insecurity.
INSIGHT

False Self Originates from Fear

  • The false self is born out of fear, not love, as a survival strategy from early unmet needs.
  • It is shaped by childhood experiences where love felt conditional, planting deep identity distortions.
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