
The Identity Crisis
By Dimitri Pieries

The Identity CrisisJun 07, 2023

9. Media Corrupts Values ft Brad Huddleston
It's a fact that watching movies, tv shows and playing video games effects how you think and feel and even how you behave! Media is effecting how the social values are forming the global youth. Young people's values a changing dramatically.
Brad Huddleston returns to the show to discuss the regression of social values of America. As researcher in Neuroscience and Culture as he shares his findings on how his country's social values have changed within one generation due to social media and entertainment.
His findings are relevant for all nations, in regards to how the media impacts ones values & identity.
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8. Counter Culture Movements ft George Carstens
We all engage with culture every day, but it’s one of those elusive elements that are hard to understand. On the episode we speak to George Carstens a Culture Consultant from Capetown South Africa who successfully launches movements within corporations and communities.
He has understood the secret of managing people of diverse backgrounds and helping them to thrive towards a common goal. Check out the episode to hear his insights about understanding people and having a positive change in the community.
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7. The Inner Critic ft Pritiva Attiken
In this episode, Dimitri talks about this with an old friend from the United Kingdom. She’s a psychotherapeutic counsellor with over 14 years of field experience, especially in this area of the Inner Critic.
She talks about how she struggled with depression and how understanding the Inner Critic helped her overcome it. Now she does the same for her clients.
On the show she explains how to identify the issue, and shares some very helpful tips on how to overcome self-criticism.
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6. Social Group Identity
We belong to many groups in society. Some we are born into, others we choose to be part of. Each of these groups reveals an aspect of our Identity. But what happens when these groups create conflict in our lives? In this episode, Dimitri shares how Social Identity Theory helps us to identify and navigate the groups we belong to.
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5. Digital Cocaine Ft Brad Huddleston
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4. Role Confusion & Identity
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3. Bonus: Analyzing Worldviews Part 2
This is a bonus episode, continuing our discussion on Worldviews with Charles Joseph. Here we go deeper into assessing Truth Claims, making meaning of Pain & Suffering, and understanding how these challenge our own identity.
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2. Analyzing Worldviews Ft Charles Joseph
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Introduction: What's this all about?
Here's a little bit about me and where I come from. You'll also get a better idea of tone and style of the show, and why I decided to share my thoughts via podcast.
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1. The Segregated Self
On this first episode i discuss how i used to struggle with duality.
I returned back to my home country of Sri Lanka after a 10-year hiatus in Los Angeles California. My time away had changed me. My identity was in crisis. My values were not matching my social life. Others may call this living in hypocrisy. The title refers to a concept that helped me.
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