Psychology Today | 29.03.2026 03:09
Any of us can at times be me-centered rather than we-centered. The most common nickname for this style is “ego.” We can learn not to put ourselves down when we are self-centered but to feel compassion for whatever fear might lurk beneath our swagger. We do not vilify our ego but hold it respectfully and tame it tenderly. Then it serves our world and relationships rather than subverting them. Ego becomes what it is meant to be: a lieutenant not a general.
