Last week I hosted a free mini-workshops on “Believing in Your Own Worth.” I hope it will be the first of many such workshops I offer on personal development topics.
One of the primary things that came up in discussion a lot was the challenges of being willing to believe in ourselves. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of measuring ourselves against others. Worse yet, we’re probably also measuring the least flattering version of ourselves with the most flattering version of others without even realizing it.
Journaling is one of my favorite practices for healing, self discover, processing emotions, and just reminding myself that I’m a worthy contributor to this world.
As a follow up to last week’s workshop, I wanted to offer up these journal prompts. These are both for the folks that participated in the workshop, or for anybody else that would like to take advantage of them.
I’d also be curious to know if you have a journalling practice in our life. What do you do? How does it help you?
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Self-Worth Journal Prompts:
1)
List your achievements to date.
Start as far back as you can remember.
What achievements are you most proud of?
2)
Write down a time that you were convinced you couldn’t do something but achieved it anyways?
How did it feel?
3)
What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done?
What’s a challenge you overcame?
What's an important lesson you've learned in life?
4)
What are you grateful for in your life?
What do you most appreciate about yourself?
5)
What do you love to do or experience?
How can you include more of what you love in your life?
What can you do for you?
6)
What is something it’s time to forgive yourself for?
Write a letter of forgiveness to yourself for something you regret.
7)
How can you show up as a more authentic version of yourself?
If you could be YOU with no apologies, who would you be?
8)
What do you judge yourself most harshly for?
How would you feel if you dropped any judgement of yourself and decided to embrace your imperfect self?
Could you potentially see the areas in which you judge yourself in a more positive light?
9)
What motivates and inspires you?
How can you tap into that feeling more regularly?
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