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Self-Discovery Reflection Questions
[derived from https://tealswan.com/resources/articles/100-questions/ ]
Time Commitment: 2-4 hours
Here are my favourite self-discover questions.
When moving in any direction.
It's so important to ask the right questions.
I love these 100 questions that you can ask yourself.
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What do I really want for myself at this point in my life, and why do I want it?
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What am I willing to struggle for?
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What specific risks am I willing to take to be happy?
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What do I want badly enough that I will say YES to any of the downsides that might come with that thing?
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What am I so committed to that no amount of failure could prevent me from continuing to do it or to aim for it?
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If I knew that life was not only roses but also thorns, and I had to choose my thorns, what thorns would I choose… What pain will I choose or say YES to?
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Who do I feel I am meant to be in this life?
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What do I feel I am meant to do in this life?
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Imagining that I died yesterday, what would I regret? What things would I have done differently? What things am I glad that I did? If I got another shot at life and was brought back to life today, what would I now have the courage to do that I didn't while I was alive? And what advice would I give to myself sitting right here in this chair today if, after my death, I could come back to this moment?
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Who do I need to be to achieve my purpose?
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What do I not know?
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If I had all the money in the world and could never run out of it, what would I do with my time, energy, and resources?
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What would I still do even if I never made any money doing it?
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What if I lost everything yesterday and so I no longer had anything to lose… "What would I do if I had nothing to lose?
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What is the number one belief in my life that holds me back and prevents me from getting what I want in life?
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If I were to watch myself like a fly on a wall, based on what I am seeing relative to my thoughts, words, routines, and actions, where can I expect to be in five years?
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If I knew that I was going to die one year from today, what would I do with that time?
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What gift am I meant to give this world in this life?
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What do I want people to say about me behind my back, and how do I want to be remembered?
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If my six-year-old self could see me today, what would he or she think of me? What would he or she want me to change?
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What makes me forget to eat and sleep?
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When do I remember feeling the happiest in my childhood and why?
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What would I take a stand for, and what would I take a stand against?
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What would I risk my life for and why?
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What about my life is worth smiling about right now?
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What makes me feel unfulfilled and sad in the life I am currently living?
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What do I complain about more than anything else?
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What do I want my life to be in service of?
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If I did one thing for myself, not anyone else for the rest of my life, what would it be?
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What have I done in the past that is the most meaningful to me?
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What do I want my being to be in service of or to be used as a tool for?
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What was the defining moment that changed my life forever?
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If a magic Genie gave me one wish to make for myself, what would that wish be and why?
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What am I pretending to not know?
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What pain from the past am I still holding on to that is holding me back today?
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What one sentence will come to define my life?
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What do I not want others to know about me?
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What am I naturally good /talented at?
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What would I leave as it is in my current life, and what would I change?
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What am I doing in my life just because I “should” not because I truly want to?
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What makes me feel great about myself?
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What am I most grateful for in my life right now?
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What problem do I want to solve?
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If my house was burning and I could only save one item (not a person or pet), what would it be and why?
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What is my #1 value today, and why?
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What conflict is not resolved in my life?
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What is my hidden agenda, and why is it hidden?
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What is something I keep telling myself that I will do when I have the time or resources?
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If I could change my life somehow with no risk, what would I change? And knowing that, what risk am I trying to avoid by not changing?
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What would I be willing to lose everything for, including the closeness/connection with the people who are the closest to me now (i.e.: friends and family) if I knew it would 100% guarantee me that thing?
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What pain am I holding on to as a testament of my love for someone or something?
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What point of view currently threatens me and why?
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How do I define success for me personally? And how do I define success for others?
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How am I currently neglecting or harming myself?
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What expectation do I need to let go of right now?
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What am I not taking responsibility for that I know I need to take responsibility for?
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What armor do I use to protect my vulnerability?
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How do I separate myself?
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What do I say I “can’t" to?
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Who or what do I blame?
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Who or what is my scapegoat?
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What would I try if I had no fear?
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What would I most like to do for someone else if I had the time, money, and resources?
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What is the worst thing that I do to myself right now in my life?
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What is the best thing that I do for myself right now in my life?
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What assumption do I make chronically that is getting in my way?
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What do I currently feel has power over me? And how might I reclaim my power from it?
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If I could start my life over, what would I do differently?
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Who do I envy and why? And how could I bring those things that I envy into my own life experience?
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Whose life would I trade places with and why?
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What do I love to do for others?
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If I’m given one wish, but I can’t use it on myself, what would I wish for and for what/who?
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A singer notices a talented vocalist, and a car mechanic notices a well-made engine. What do I notice?
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When do I feel most alive?
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What would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail?
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What is my rut? In what area of healing or progress am I blocked or stuck no matter how hard I try to fix it?
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If I had to leave my house all day, every day, where would I go and what would I do?
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What do I appreciate about myself?
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What am I overcompensating for?
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What do I do that doesn’t seem like work, regardless of the difficulty?
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What is calling me? What desires keep tugging at my heart?
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How do I make myself bigger, and how do I make myself smaller than I am?
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What do I refuse to accept about my reality?
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What is timeless, ageless, and unchanging in me?
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What am I avoiding right now, and why?
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What have I lost?
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What am I currently allowing?
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What makes me lose my connection to myself, and what makes me get that connection back?
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What do I love too much to turn into a profession?
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Who needs to know that I love them? And what keeps me from expressing that love to them?
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Who am I seeking approval and validation from and why?
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What am I currently afraid of?
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Whose torch am I carrying and why?
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What am I running from, and what am I rushing toward and why?
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What am I repeating?
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If I were someone else, I would be able to see myself from the outside and in a dis-identified way. What advice would I give to myself?
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If I were to be brutally honest, what is my priority at this time in my life and why?
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What risk am I taking? Any of these what risks am I not taking right now and why?
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What am I giving to get?
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What do I hear in the silence?
How do you feel, now that you understand yourself a bit more?
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