The Psychology Podcast Expand Your Self || Dan Siegel
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Oct 5, 2023 Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, discusses expanding the notion of the self and its implications for humanity. Topics include consciousness, neuroscience, quantum physics, and the flow state. The chapter also explores the integration of withinness and betweenness in forming our sense of self and belonging.
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Interconnected Identities
- Our identities are not confined to our individual bodies.
- We are also shaped by our relationships with others and the natural world, forming an integrative wholeness.
Self-Expansion vs. Self-Transcendence
- Self-expansion is a more fitting term than self-transcendence.
- It suggests integration, not leaving behind any parts of ourselves, like Russian nesting dolls.
Defining "Self"
- Psychology lacks a single, universally accepted definition of "self."
- The field also needs to clarify the distinction between "self" and "mind."