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		<title>The Course I&#8217;ve Been Building Toward</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2026/05/27/the-course-ive-been-building-toward/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 06:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent over a decade researching how teenagers form their identities. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on it. I&#8217;ve taught it in classrooms, presented it at conferences, and carried it into every conversation I&#8217;ve had with parents who are trying to figure out what&#8217;s happening with their kid. And for the last several months, I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s Never too Late</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2023/12/19/its-never-too-late/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard people say that at a certain point of one&#8217;s development that it&#8217;s too late &#8211; to change or grow. That limiting thought prevents them from making changes because they think it&#8217;s too late to change. I&#8217;m too old to learn. I&#8217;m too old to do something different and new. I&#8217;m too old to work on myself. I&#8217;m [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Imago Dei and Identity</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2022/10/04/imago-dei-and-identity/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Imago Dei. The Image of God. I have been thinking through these ideas for a little bit now. Just processing the implications of some of these ideas. I have read a few things about it &#8211; and I will continue to read more about it &#8211; which will ultimately shape my ideas about it. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Executive Director at the Firs</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2022/02/08/executive-director-at-the-firs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I took on a new role last month. I have accepted the role of Executive Director at the Firs &#8211; a retreat and conference center in Bellingham, Washington. At the retreat center location there is also a preschool, after school program, day camp, as well as a summer camp on another location just 6 miles [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Space or Survival</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/10/12/space-or-survival/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I use this space to work out an idea &#8211; sometimes the ideas aren’t quite fully formed, but I’ll write them here and talk with folks about it. Here’s the latest idea &#8211; which of course isn’t a new idea &#8211; but it’s new to me. I was thinking about people’s way of being [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The “Not Knowing” Spectrum</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/07/28/the-not-knowing-spectrum/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here’s an idea that I’m working out. We can sometimes get stuck in our functional dualism that it’s difficult to see things beyond it. It’s either we know something or we don’t know something, but it is a simple dichotomy that just doesn’t work because it doesn’t capture all of the ways of knowing. Even [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anxiety or Award</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/07/08/anxiety-or-award/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I was looking at my ‘Awards’ on my Apple watch &#8211; I remember when all of these little reminders to stand was a point of anxiety for me &#8211; not award. I needed to get all the marks for standing every hour. When I would go on a drive for a few hours, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seeing Other&#8230;..</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/07/07/seeing-other/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230;..is not something that can be easily done. We easily assume that seeing another is something that we can all do, but I don’t think you can necessarily see another until you have an established and mature sense of identity and self. I was working on a writing project &#8211; using some of the foundational [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unknowing Yourself</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/07/03/unknowing-yourself/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had never thought about ‘unknowing yourself’ as part of the process of getting to know yourself &#8211; or even more important being more yourself. It is a concept that I heard from Lori Gottlieb. She says, “But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Classspace</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/06/24/classspace/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I &#8211; am an educator.&#160; Thank you very much. I&#8217;ve been one for many years.&#160; I have been studying it for even longer than I have been an educator. If you&#8217;ve been following this blog &#8211; you&#8217;ll know that I studied adolescent identity formation in online space.&#160; I have been thinking about the online space [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Ability to Suspend Judgment&#8230;.</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/06/18/the-ability-to-suspend-judgment/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[is not just cognitive. It is also an emotional endeavor. I have written about Suspending Judgement before. Here’s a post about it in the form of Asking Questions. Here’s another post about it as I understood it and wrote about it years ago &#8211; Suspend Judgment. Here’s another post about it called &#8211; The Deeper [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Attention Addiction</title>
		<link>https://identityspecialist.net/2020/06/16/attention-addiction/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently heard about this possibility &#8211; that it&#8217;s possible to become addicted to attention in much the same way someone can become addicted to smoking or drinking. All people need attention &#8211; some more than others. It&#8217;s possible to not get enough attention and that comes with some issues. Do you know anyone like [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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