Psychological Flexibility, 3

Calling all avoiders who suppress their feelings 3x before breakfast. Avoidance traps you in disengagement. It keeps you distracted from your life, fighting feelings, rather than living alongside them. Journal Prompts: I am really good at suppressing... If I wasn’t suppressing, I would be...

Psychological Flexibility, 2

Psychological Flexibility is the practice of making room for your emotions and thoughts rather than submerging yourself in pressure to change or suppress them.

Psychological Flexibility, 1

Psychological flexibility is a big word that essentially explores, what is your adaption to difficult like?

Self-Evaluation, 9

Because culture is obsessed with perfection, scrolling by anything resembling good is ingrained. Challenge yourself to self-evaluate from what is happening on the inside, not the outside. Journal Prompts: If I compare externally, good for me is... If I compare internally, good for me is...

Self-Evaluation, 8

I have been working on a project for months, and it has yet to workout. It occurred to me (through journaling) that my rushed, slapdash attempts may not be giving me the results I am hoping for. In self-evaluation, we ask ourselves how our approach is working. Where might you put yourself on a scale of thorough and focused to inattentive and rushed? Journal Prompts: I rush when... I give myself time to be focused when...

Self-Evaluation, 7

The habits you daily reinforce autopilot into lifestyle. Journal Prompts: I daily reinforce... I started reinforcing when... I would rather reinforce...

Self-Evaluation, 6

How do you make decisions? Is it a wasp chasing you while swinging a shoe situation? You will not always hit the intentionality zone, that’s not life. But is there a pattern? Are your decisions regularly pressured and impulsive versus value-checked and connected? Journal Prompt: My decision-making is like...

Self-Evaluation, 5

Self-evaluation devolves–quickly–into comparison evaluation with the nearby. Comparison is not self-evaluation. Rather, self-evaluation inventories what is currently making movement in your life. Journal Prompts: I mostly compare myself with... I am currently making movements toward...

Self-Evaluation, 4

Hollow and knee-deep–far from your hopes of meaning making–this is what happens when you have trouble saying no. We all need the self-advocacy skill of walking away, causing inconvenience, and asserting interruptions…

Self-Evaluation, 3

Measure time spent hiding. Different from having reasonable privacy, hiding is fueled by the fear of isolation, embarrassment, and shame. Journal Prompts: How much energy do you put towards hiding? I hide... I feel embarrassed by...