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Want to keep momentum on your progress in therapy? Try keeping a reflection journal. You can use it to “talk” it out the way you might in therapy. Imagine what your therapist might say, what they might ask you, and include it in your reflection.

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Self-reflection is a skill that goes beyond "thinking about" or analyzing yourself. Learning to reflect on your experiences and how they have and do shape you is an important step in healing and personal growth.

If you want to stop or a change a pattern in your life, but nothing you've tried has helped, perhaps it's because there is something at play in the subconscious/unconscious that is getting in the way. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Once you bring it into the conscious it can no longer hide. It's not "woo-woo," it's awareness.

I'll be honest, journaling is not my thing. I'm terrible at writing about my day, remembering what I did that I might want to remember again in the future, making myself sit down and think about what I'm grateful for...I've never been able to keep it up.

That said, I've always found benefit in taking time for Reflective Journaling.

Reflective journaling is not about logging events of your life or making lists.

Reflective journaling is a way of processing an experience that you can't quite make sense of yet. It requires (and even teaches) you to maintain dual attention.

Maintaining dual attention means being able to think back to a moment in the past while also being aware of how you feel in the present moment as you think back. It includes awareness of your thoughts, physical sensations, and emotions in the present moment as you remember the past.

This requires a special connection between your heart, mind, and body. The more you practice reflective journaling, the easier it becomes.

Why and how is this helpful?

When you are able to connect to the past, whether it was a few hours ago or a few decades ago, and remain present and aware, you learn things about yourself. This self-awareness is a very important step in the process of healing and personal growth.

Keeping a Reflection Journal has helped me learn what I truly need to feel safe, secure, and connected. When I feel "stuck," reflective journaling provides the break-thru.

Have you tried it?

Would you liket to try it?

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Break-ups, life changes, relationship issues, unresolved grief or tauma, or whatever it is you're going through, maybe it will help to talk to someone.

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