“We don’t be taught from expertise. We be taught from reflecting on expertise.”~ John Dewey
That is the final month of the yr 2024, and for a lot of, it may possibly really feel like a darkish and quiet time. Finish of the yr vitality is often very deep and that’s comprehensible as we’re all on this reflective house.
And that’s the reason it turns into the right time for deep therapeutic reflection.
I often use this month to go deep right into a reflective state, virtually like a yr finish ritual that nurtures my coronary heart and soul positively.
Somewhat than be in a state of angst and panic for the yr ending, and the interior critic screaming of all of the issues I couldn’t accomplish this yr, I choose this calmer method. That’s why I name it a optimistic reflection on the yr passed by. As a result of truthfully, by default we go right into a adverse state…which in the end will not be therapeutic or productive.
The vitality of the yr ending has introduced with it a way of sacredness and depth to every second that I typically don’t discover, as a result of I’m at all times so centered on getting stuff finished or getting distracted(I blame peri-menopausal mind for that 😉 ). After I decelerate into stillness, that depth and sacredness turns into extra obvious and extra accessible to me.
And, as a result of I actually wish to faucet into that stillness, what higher technique to do it than to journal about it? I ask myself simply the fitting inquiries to go deep and emerge with data about myself that was both hidden beneath previous scars or simply brushed below the rug.
On this optimistic reflections ritual, I often:
- Mirror on what I completed, went via, and realized on this previous yr
- Make clear what targets and tasks I couldn’t full, and what I can be taught from that
- Visualize my coming yr, with therapeutic targets and optimistic intentions
- Make a doable plan to make these targets and intentions a actuality within the new yr
Deeper ideas I replicate on to journal, which you should utilize too:
- Lovely issues or experiences that you’ve seen this previous yr
- A conscious second you may keep in mind that helped you re-center
- A kindness that you just confirmed to somebody this yr
- One thing exhausting that you just did or perhaps there have been a lot of exhausting issues, write them down with out lacking on even the smallest ones.
- A time that you just confirmed your self compassion or kindness
- A time once you felt bodily highly effective and robust
- One thing new that you just realized this yr, checklist even the smallest factor
- A method that you just stretched your self or took a threat – to attempt one thing new, to be taught one thing or interact in one thing or with somebody
- A time you have been capable of acknowledge your emotion and provides it house and sit with it a bit greater than earlier than with out being reactive or shutting it down
I invite you to be a part of this reflective ritual with me.
I’ve connected a worksheet with prompts that can take you into that therapeutic reflective house. In order that you can also have a look at your yr with the sunshine that you just really deserve. Discover a quiet spot the place you are feeling calm, gentle a candle, breathe and begin reflecting in your yr with these worksheets. You possibly can print them out or use them in your tablets/telephones.
Its free, so please obtain it, use it, and share it with whoever you maintain expensive.
That is an ongoing journey of progress for us, and it’s immensely vital that we take time to replicate on it frequently.
I hope you get pleasure from this therapeutic reward from my coronary heart to yours ❤
Keep tuned for an additional BIG PLANNER for 2025, that drops within the subsequent couple of days 🙂
I really need your finish of the yr and new yr to be a particular time for you. Its a wonderful vitality to tune into and I hope these little items assist you to tune into simply that.
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