Jordan Scotti, PhD
You built an identity around being good, capable, needed, beautiful, independent, or rebellious. It worked — until it didn't. This is where the unbuilding begins.
What is a cage?
Every cage started as a survival strategy. You learned — through praise, punishment, and the subtle grammar of belonging — that a certain version of yourself was acceptable. You built that version carefully. You got very good at it.
The problem is you're still living there. And th