Self reflection is a beautiful way for one to be fully aware and connected to their own thoughts, feelings and actions.

Cambridge’s definition of self reflection is: the activity of thinking about your own feelings and behaviour and the reasons that lie behind them.

Being self reflective is the ability to examine, contemplate or analyse your thoughts, feelings and actions.

It’s an important tool that I use with my clients – to call out to them moments they need to honour, for example, how far they have come in a coaching series or how they could have acted differently in a past experience that has upset them.

As most of us rush through our lives we don’t give ourselves time to have contemplative moments – to ponder how beautiful a moment was in that day, how changing your dialogue with a colleague made them feel or to feel gratitude for the simple moments of our day to day lives…

Being self reflective of a positive or negative situation can help shift your perspective of the world. It can enable you to become a better version of yourself and overcome future negative situations.

Below is a list of 15 journal prompts that will help you contemplate and self reflect. 

Don’t overthink your answers. Open your journal to write down your answers or open your voice recorder on your phone so you can speak to these prompts.

Reflect on yourself, your life, your uniqueness, you.

1. What do you do that lights you up?
2. What makes your feel amazing?
3. What makes you feel beautiful?
4. What makes you happy?
5. What do you love doing alone?
6. How do you feel when you look in the mirror?
7. What can you do today that you couldn’t do a year ago?
8. How do you practise self love?
9. What can you do or change in your life that would focus on loving yourself more?
10. Write a letter to your teenage self
11. Write a letter to yourself in 10 years time
12. Reflect on your happiest moment in your life – what happened?
13. What makes me unique?
14. Where can I say no more in my life?
15. Who inspires me to be a better person and why?