My Family Identity: My Culture And Identity

always how my family of origin has been, and I am glad that it is this way because I have been able to experience many things about my culture and beliefs through this.
In evaluating my family regarding self-esteem, I found there are four main concepts that Phinney talked about in his article, “Ethnic Identity” that have made me gain insight. This article provided me with an explanation of my family in terms of self-esteem because being a minority is hard at times and it makes one ask questions, wonder and be concerned. These questions and concerns and even experiences can make and have made my family of origin question ourselves at times, sometimes leading to a lowered self-esteem. Much of this low self-esteem happened to my parents, especially

We obviously do fail and are not great in all of these aspects all the time but we try, and I think that is one of the most important things. In talking about these three aspects of my family, there are three main concepts that Carl Rabstejnek talked about in his article about the Bowen Theory that have let me gain personal insight. One of these concepts is that the family systems theory is a multi-person theory (Rabstejnek, 2012). Every person within the family needs to be considered. This made me reflect on how in my family, sometimes we can forget about the feelings of others. I think it is important for my family to remember that people are always interacting, and in a relationship with another person because a single person is not a relationship (Rabstejnek, 2012, p. 5). Due to this everyone needs to learn to interact and be in a positive relationship with others. The third principle that I gained personal insight in about my family is that balances need to be kept in every aspect of a relationship whether that be cycles, independence/interdependence, emotions, projections, transmissions, or positions (Rabstejnek, 2012). With this, I saw that within my family of origin some of these things might be lacking so when I have a family of my own, I will make sure that we are not too enmeshed. People need to be their own individuals and gain independence. They need to be able to learn and explore life in a healthy way and have as many positive experiences as