The Ego often gets a bad wrap and is, thus, subject to suppression and shame. Is this really so? Are we each born with something inherently flawed that we must learn to repress? Or is this just a psychological extension of the Fall/Redemption Theology so deeply embedded in our cultural mindset? Is ego another word for “sin,” or does it have some value? What is its evolutionary function? Should we seek to nurture and maintain a healthy ego, instead of no ego at all? Is it possible to really live without ego? Is there such a thing as healthy ego?