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Building Self Awareness | Stay Active

Movement and exercise should be seen as a form of self-love.

  • Take a nature walk, dance around in your pajamas, go for a run, attend a gym class, or hit your yoga mat.
  • Do what feels expansive and freeing to your body.
  • Really feel what it’s like to move and stretch, recognizing any sensations that come up for you.

Just listen to your body and pay attention to what it needs.

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Building Self Awareness | Time for Quiet

Designate time each day for just a few moments of quiet solitude. It’s a simple step to connecting with your deeper self.

  • Take five minutes each morning (or night) to just sit in silence and be present.

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Building Self Awareness | A Morning Ritual

Building Self Awareness | A Morning Ritual

Create a daily practice or set of rituals to help deepen the connection to yourself.

Start your day by sitting quietly and tuning in to your inner self.

  • Set an intention, meditate, journal, practice self-care, or repeat positive affirmations.

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Building Self Awareness | Focus on Breathing

Breathing helps to ground you and pulls you deeper into your inner self.

  • Focus your breathing by bringing your awareness to it.
  • Follow it as you inhale and exhale.
  • Feel the rise of your chest as it fills you right up.
  • Follow the breath all the w...

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Building Self Awareness | Smile

  • Start each day by greeting yourself in the mirror.
  • Take time to connect by looking into your eyes.
  • Smile at yourself, and feel your vibration rise.
  • You could even speak a positive affirmation or

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Building Self Awareness | Check-In

Building Self Awareness | Check-In

Make a habit of checking in.

Simply ask yourself: How do I feel right now?

Note your response. Tune into the signs your body is telling you. Pay attention to the little signals or feelings you get.

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Building Self Awareness | Embrace Your Feelings

Building Self Awareness | Embrace Your Feelings

Let yourself feel everything.

Don’t be afraid to sit with the difficult or uncomfortable emotions. Be compassionate with yourself and focus on your breath to keep yourself grounded.

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Building Self Awareness | Automatic Writing

Building Self Awareness | Automatic Writing

A great tool for when you feel stuck, as we just need to look internally to find the answers we’re looking for.

  • Have a notebook or journal handy.
  • Ask yourself: “What do I need to know today?”
  • ...

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Building Self Awareness | Be Conscious of Your Thoughts

Building Self Awareness | Be Conscious of Your Thoughts

Recognize when negative thoughts or fears surface. Don’t judge yourself for having those thoughts. Choose to let them go, or look at them in a new perspective.

When we are able to consciously think this way, we’re more equipped to manifest the things we truly desire.

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Building Self Awareness | Find Your Passions

Building Self Awareness | Find Your Passions

Do more of what makes you happy. Seek out the things that bring you passion.

  • Try painting, writing, and journaling or maybe getting creative or crafty.
  • Entertain

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  • There are days when you might feel the need to numb. You immediately turn on Netflix to zone out for a while because you need to press pause and completely shut off my brain. 
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Self-Care Ideas For The Body

Self-Care Ideas For The Body

  • Use the body scan technique to check in with each part of your body.
  • Breathe into your abdomen, and let the air puff out your stomach and chest three times.
  • Put on your favorite upbeat record and dance.
  • Stretch your body.
  • Run, walk or go up and down the s...

Developing Self-Awareness

Cultivating one's own emotional intelligence is a lengthy process and it is does not happen in an instant so concentrate on self-awareness:

  • Listen to your body and don't overwork yourself
  • Listen to your heart and connect words with emotions...

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