See Clearly.
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See Clearly
Understanding ourselves helps restore our bandwidth for life.
Trauma and painful experiences can create internal conflicts by teaching us that certain parts of ourselves are unsafe, unacceptable, or unwanted. Over time, maintaining those divisions can reduce our bandwidth for life.
Seeing clearly begins with self-reflection. As we better understand ourselves, we can begin reducing the internal conflict that drains our bandwidth.
Social
Sometimes we hide parts of ourselves to belong.
Pause and Reflect
Am I different around different people?
What parts of myself do I keep hidden?
Values
Sometimes what matters to us and what life asks of us don’t match.
Pause and Reflect
What matters most to me?
Where do I feel torn?
Relational
Sometimes we don’t feel the way we think we should.
Pause and Reflect
Who do I struggle with?
What feelings do I try not to feel?
Desires
Sometimes what we want and what we think we should want don’t match.
Pause and Reflect
Where do I tell myself, “I shouldn’t want that”?
What desires do I struggle to accept?
Bodily
Sometimes we struggle to accept parts of our bodies.
Pause and Reflect
What parts of my body do I dislike?
What would being kinder to myself look like?
What If?
Pause and Reflect
Am I open?
Could there be something valuable in what I’ve pushed away?
Benefits Here and Now
More bandwidth for daily life.
Less overwhelm.
Greater self-acceptance.
More compassion toward ourselves and others.
More openness.
Growth often begins with how we care for ourselves.
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