THE IDENTITY PROJECT

A science-based guide to understanding who you are and who you’re becoming.

Understanding yourself doesn’t have to be hard. If you’ve ever felt like you’re still figuring things out, that’s a natural place to be. This workbook gives you a space to turn that uncertainty into clarity, helping you make sense of your traits, habits, experiences, and goals.

In this workbook, we bring together psychological science on personality, narrative identity, memory, and mental health with guided exercises to help you understand how your identity has formed, as well as how it can change. As both reader and writer in this book, you will learn why you are the way you are while also authoring your own identity journey by connecting deeply personal past experiences to present patterns.

Book Contents

Get a sneak peek into all of the chapters, including both informational sections and activities!

INFORMATION

1

Chapter 1: Personality — Where Identity Begins

10

Chapter 2: The Social Brain

40

Chapter 3: Language & Self-Talk

80

Chapter 4: Memory — Where Identity Lives

120

Chapter 5: The Stories We Tell

130

Chapter 6: Self in Society

ACTIVITIES

1

Chapter 1 Activities

10

Chapter 2 Activities

40

Chapter 3 Activities

80

Chapter 4 Activities

120

Chapter 5 Activities

130

Chapter 6 Activities

Reviews

I felt like this book was well-structured and, after reading it, I feel more confident in who I am.
-Brian M.

Authors

Jackson Cowherd
Daria Tysbina
Dr. Erica Kleinknecht