#WellnessWednesday - Professional & Personal Self Worth

How Do We Separate Professional and Personal Identity? 

From Article https://www.thoughtfull.world/post/separating-professional-and-personal-identity

Our roles at work and our personal identity are closely intertwined. Imagine this common scenario: When someone asks us: “What do you do?” Most of us naturally reply with what wedo for work even when the question isn’t work-specific.

In social situations like these, our jobs provide us with a quick way to define and position ourselves in relation to others. While there’s nothing wrong with basing ourselves off our 9-5, it becomes concerning when our self-worth becomes too entangled with our professional lives.

A study published in the Journal of Organizational Behaviour stated how losing our jobs (andeven the fear of it) can negatively impact our self-esteem and wellbeing (1). Apart from dealing with the financial stress of job loss, people tend to struggle to separate themselves from their professional identity. So, what can we do about it?

Meredith talks about the importance of separating your work from your self worth.

A crippling and toxic connection for self esteem in actors and artists.

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