Work should not be equated with personal worth, despite societal conditioning that has historically tied individual identity to professional titles and production.

“And I was thinking your work is not your worth. And then I was thinking about just how hardwired it is.”

Self-image is a set of invisible beliefs or expectations that function like scars, directing our attention and behaviors in ways that confirm those beliefs.

“Okay, it may not be a physical scar, but we all have beliefs or expectations about ourselves based on how we see ourselves, our self-image. And then we're going to notice things that reinforce it because of how the brain is wired.”