✨The Power of Self-Awareness: Uncovering Your True Self ✨
Welcome to a new month! This month's theme is Self- Discovery. Our weekly themes are:
Self-Awareness
Exploring Personal Values
Embracing Change & Growth
Finding Purpose & Meaning
This week, let's focus on the theme of self-awareness. Self-awareness is about understanding your inner landscape. It is the foundation of personal growth and transformation. By becoming more self-aware, we can uncover our true selves, identify our strengths and weaknesses, and gain insight into our values and beliefs. Self-awareness helps us tune out the noise, and place a flash light on our inner world.
Words to Live By:
✨To be conscious of being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most important tasks on your spiritual journey. - Eckhart Tolle
✨The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
✨Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals. - Daniel Goleman
✨When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible. - Tina Lifford
✨Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. - Aristotle
In this piece, the author describes a recent large-scale investigation that shed light on some of the biggest roadblocks, myths, and truths about what self-awareness really is — and what it takes to cultivate it.
👉My key takeaway: Internal awareness AND external awareness are equally important parts of self-awareness. Introspection is not necessarily self-awareness; mulling on the question of “why” is far less effective (and leads to generally untrue conclusions) as to reflecting on “what”.
Micro Tasks:
When you experience a strong negative emotion, rather than immediately reacting, take a breath and 1) name the emotion that you are feeling and 2) feel where it is in your body
Journal your intentions in the morning and journal a list of wins of the day before bed
Explain that you are doing an exercise with your coach, and ask your co-workers, friends and family what they see as your strength and weaknesses.
👉 Weekly Challenge: Take at least 10 minutes each day to practice mindfulness meditation and journaling. Use these practices to become more present and self-aware.
Remember, the journey of self-discovery is a lifelong process. By cultivating self-awareness, you can unlock your full potential and live a more fulfilling life.