# Inner Work 260: Are you operating from ego or from your Higher Self?

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Podcast: [Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inner-work-a-spiritual-growth-podcast-608345)
Published: 2026-01-17T13:13:00+00:00
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## Resource

Understanding how our ego selves operate (as opposed to what it feels like when we're aligned with our Higher Selves) is ESSENTIAL on the path of spiritual growth and evolution. This episode of INNER WORK breaks down 4 key differences between your ego self and Higher Self so you can learn how to tell them apart and shift from an egoic perspective or state of being to a much higher, clearer, wiser vibration whenever you need to. Key takeaways & topics covered: Ego is the MASK you wear to survive: concerned with survival, status, appearance, how others perceive you, maintaining SAFE social standing, avoiding rejection, and staying safe in your community through conforming and not rocking the boat. Your Higher Self guides you toward highest expansion, becoming your most authentic, self-realized, joyful, peaceful, purposeful Self: focused on evolution, purpose, alignment, Soul calling, personal & collective growth, and abundance. Ego is limited to linear time & space and this ONE lifetime; Higher Self exists beyond linear time & space, holds accumulated wisdom from prior lifetimes, and extends beyond this physical lifetime. Push-and-pull dynamic: Higher Self calls you toward expansion and forward momentum; ego pushes back with fear, self-doubt, overthinking, perfectionism, lack of trust (especially at breakthrough moments like quitting a career, investing in yourself, or bold steps) equating change with death and familiarity with safety. Ego is self-obsessed and myopic, whereas your Higher Self cares about the greater whole, collective well-being, and guides you with wisdom, clarity, respect of Self & others (even when in conflict) without harm, revenge, or violating boundaries. Watch to recognize common ego tactics, see beyond them, and follow your Higher Self toward your…

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