Self-Exploration

Character

• What makes me unique?

• How would you describe your attitude toward life as an opportunity?

• Are you a patient person?

• Are you an overthinker, or someone who reacts without thinking?

• Do you prefer to spend time with animals over people?

• Are you active or more relaxed?

• Would you consider yourself passive, aggressive or assertive?

• Are you a people pleaser? 

• Would you consider yourself to be honest to the core, or are little lies acceptable if it will prevent someone from being hurt?

• What is your interaction style?

• Are you a leader or a follower?

• Do you see the glass as half empty or full?

Spiritual 

• Do you believe in something greater (bigger, more powerful) than yourself?

• Are there any hinderances standing in the way of your spiritual growth? 

• What are the benefits to having a level of spiritual development?

• Are you living in accordance to your values and beliefs? This can help you to connect to your own authentic self as a starting point.

• Meditation is another way to get in touch with self, quiet the mind and just be.

• Connecting with nature is something bigger than us, it can make us feel small when our lives feel so heavy and taxing. Being with the forest, mountains, ocean for example and noticing its power can help us gain perspective.

• What happens after death? There is a lot of readings on this, adapting some spiritual understanding can provide some comfort to move forward with this.

• Intuition can get loud, if we listen to it. It can give us ideas, or bring up random memories sometimes, and putting meaning to that can help us place value to events that we may simply brush off. 

• Chakra healing is a way to connect your mind/body/soul through meditation, aroma therapy, sound healing, crystal healing, color therapy, diet and yoga. I will be adding more on this topic in the future. This may be something to look up if interested or ask more about during session.

Values

• Listen to your intuition (gut feeling) what feels right, what doesn't? This will help you identify your core beliefs.

• What do you value most in a life partner?

• What is most important in a person to trust them?

• What do you cherish most about the person closest to you in your life?

• What does being successful mean to you? What does it look like?

• When you think of the word "reputation" what comes to mind? How do you want to show up? How do you want to be known?

• What is your value system around community and interacting with others?

• What are your beliefs around work vs play, and the responsibility surrounding that?

• Think about setting personal standards to maintain self-respect, love, compassion. At times this may require setting hard boundaries with folks that we love. Where do you stand on this?

Social

• How do your closest relationships make you feel?

• What qualities do you value most in a friend?

• If something doesn't feel "right" are you able to voice that in your close relationships?

• Do you get defensive when others express their feelings of concern to you?

• What is the most important lesson you have learned from a close relationship in your life?

• Do you feel energized or drained when you are around a group of people?

• Do you find yourself to be most comfortable hanging with one friend at home, or with a group of friends in a social setting?

• Are you an open book, or does it take time to open up to people?

• How do you nurture your relationships?

• Do you take time to try to understand other's when faced with uncomfortable feelings in your relationships?

• Do you apologize when you hurt someone you care about even though perhaps you may not have intended to?

Interests

• What is something that you can learn about and not lose interest in?

• What is something that you can engage in for long lengths of time and continue to enjoy?

• What brings you satisfaction?

• Have you had experiences where you have been drawn into something that has motivated you to want to pursue something on your own time? (activity/project/research)

• What excites you?

• What is your favorite thing to do/learn about?

• What are some things that will immediately draw your attention? Take sometime to reflect on this (pretty things, people's stories, history of things, science of things, mechanics of things, literature about things, purpose, size).

• What makes you feel most alive?

• What energizes you?

• What is something nothing can stop you from doing?

• If you could choose only one hobby what would it be?

• What comes natural to you?

Emotional

• What do you worry about often?

• How do you tend to handle conflict?

• What triggers your anger?

• What is something that will get your defenses up?

• How do you handle being under pressure?

• Do you allow yourself to take pride in your successes? How do you celebrate your achievements? 

• Do you take time to feel satisfied with where you are and what you have? How do you practice feeling satisfied?

• What is your relationship with trust? Do you trust yourself? Focus on your ability to make decisions, problem solve, interact with others, meet your needs etc.... 

• How do you reassure yourself during doubtful or emotionally uncomfortable moments?

• Do you have a closer relationship with yourself or others?

• How do you handle fear?

• What makes you feel discouraged?