We have had many ideas of what 'ego' means since the days of Freud in the early eighteenth century.

Let's deconstruct what it means for you and consider how it may help you manage your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

As super caring people, we can often have a highly critical judge inside that criticises us if we put ourselves first –and when we do put ourselves first we can often feel guilty, which the critical judge loves to remind us about!

How can we stop this cycle and be aware we are human and need the 'ego' to balance out the critical judge and our primitive needs?