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Deep Psychology · September 8 · 6 min

Is Higher Development Always Better?

We tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier. Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a closer relationship to truth must mean that we are happier! Therefore, higher is better. Not so fast... This episode is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9 episode, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160).

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We tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier.

Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a closer relationship to truth must mean that we are happier!

Therefore, higher is better.

Not so fast...

This episode is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9 episode, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160).