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The Great Updraft

Ross Edwards

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#165
October 7 · 1 hr
Individualist Stage of Ego Development (#165)
In this episode, I explore the Pluralist/Individualist stage of development, the first truly post-conventional stage. We look at what happens when you begin questioning the beliefs, values and assumptions you inherited, seeing reality from multiple...
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October 4 · 5 min
The Great Awakening to Self-Help
The Achiever level is when we usually get involved - or obsessed - with self-help for the first time. This fits very well with the typical Achiever traits.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 30/9 episode, The Achiever: Stage 4 of Ego Development (#164)
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October 1 · 1 min
The Achiever Level in a Nutshell
You could sum up the Achiever level in the two points that I make here. This is the heart of this level's psyche and behaviour.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 30/9 episode, The Achiever: Stage 4 of Ego Development (#164)
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#164
September 30 · 1 hr 5 min
The Achiever: Stage 4 of Ego Development (#164)
The Achiever level of ego development is where our identity becomes fully differentiated from others and our environment.At this level, we derive meaning from achieving goals, getting things done, improving themselves. We find our truth from science...
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September 29 · 17 min
Meet My Textbook EXPERT Family Member
I know a person who is a textbook, textbook example of the Expert. Here I give several examples of the Expert stage showing up in them. This makes the theory extremely concrete and will help you identify this stage in others and yourself.This is a...
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September 27 · 3 min
The Heart of the Expert Mind: The Need to Know
There is one simple driver behind the entire Expert stage of ego development: "I must know", "I should know".This one trait explains most of their personality and behaviour.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 23/9 episode, The Expert Stage 3/4 of Ego...
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September 24 · 4 min
The Expert Stage: Why It's Called "Expert"
"No one can tell an Expert anything they don't know already."Let's explain why the Expert stage gets its name. Perhaps Cook-Grueter said it best when she described the Expert's belief that they know everything.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 23/9...
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#163
September 23 · 1 hr 12 min
The Expert, Stage 3/4 of Ego Development (#163)
This is the Expert stage of ego development - the second of three Conventional levels, and the fifth stage of 10 overall.We can best sum it up by saying that the Expert's identity is fused with their knowledge. They define themselves via their...
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September 21 · 6 min
Conformist Stage of Ego Development: Key Personality Traits
Some telltale signs of the Conformist stage: sensitivity to criticism, dependence on authority, and they champion their chosen group's values and motifs.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 16th episode, The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part...
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#162
September 20 · 46 min
The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part 2/2 (#162.2)
In this two-part episode, we describe the Conformist level of ego development, or Stage 3 in Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory.At this stage, we are defined by the groups we identify with. Our identity is literally fused and merged with them. Our...
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September 18 · 5 min
What Does Conformist Mean?
Here we discuss why the "Conformist" Stage 3 of Ego Dev is called as such. Perhaps we could sum it up very simply by saying that at this stage we are defined by others.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 16/9 episode, The Conformist Level of Ego...
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September 17 · 4 min
What is Conventional Development?
Conventional levels describe the ego development of most adults in modern countries. This is the bulk of the bell curve, comprising 80% of the population.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 16/9 episode, The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part...
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#162
September 16 · 58 min
The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part 1/2 (#162.1)
In this two-part episode, we describe the Conformist level of ego development, or Stage 3 in Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory.At this stage, we are defined by the groups we identify with. Our identity is literally fused and merged with them. Our...
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September 15 · 5 min
It's Me vs The World: Stage 2/3 Ego Development
At Stage 2/3 of Ego (the Opportunist), we become aware that others have their own needs and wants. As yet, we possess no real empathy or ability to cooperate, and see them as threats or competitors. Life is experienced as a jungle, a battle of wills,...
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September 13 · 7 min
Early Ego Development = Your Psyche's Foundation
You might be wondering why bother learning about early, preconventional ego development if most adults are long past it. Here's why.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 9/9 episode, Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development by Cook-Greuter (#161)
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September 10 · 5 min
What Really is Preconventional Ego Development?
Preconventional ego development takes us from being newborns with zero identity and zero meaning-making capacity to being functional members of the society. This is a huge transformation, and constitutes the first 10-15 years of our life.This is a...
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#161
September 9 · 57 min
Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development, Cook-Greuter
We continue our series on Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory by covering the Pre-Conventional levels.These represent the base of the human being, the beginning of a self, the beginning of being able function in the world.Though they may seem...
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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,...
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September 6 · 5 min
What is Ego Development?
Ego development simply means how the ego (i.e. our meaning-making function) complexifies over time. As it complexifies, so do our autonomy, freedom, flexibility, self-awareness, tolerance for differences and skill in interacting with the...
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September 3 · 5 min
What is the Ego?
This month we are studying ego development as framed by Cook-Greuter, so we ought to know what the ego is. It probably isn't what you think. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9, Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160)
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