Self-reflection invites self-awareness, and self-awareness enables you to better regulate your emotions.
From this, we can get a deeper understanding of why we feel the way we feel and make positive steps towards change and growth.
Better emotional regulation equates to less anxiety.
Less anxiety means a more peaceful, contented, and stress-free life.
Recommended Reading...
We thought we would share some of the books that have helped us along the way, I hope they can do the same for you...
Carl Jung (The Godfather...)
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The Relations between the Ego & The Unconscious
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Conflicts in the Child's Soul
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The Red Book
"Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens"
Eckhart Tolle
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The Power of Now
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A New Earth
"What a liberation it is to realise the voice in my head is not who I am"
Brene Brown
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The Gift of Imperfections
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Daring Greatly
"Vulnerability feels like weakness and looks like courage"
Nathaniel Branden
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What Love Asks of Us
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If You Could Hear what I Cannot Say
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Taking Responsibility
"The first step towards change is awareness, the second is acceptance"
Sylvester Mcnutt III
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Care Package
"Save yourself this time"
Paul Gilbert
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The Compassionate Mind
"Compassion gives us the courage and the wisdom to descend into our suffering"
Ross Rosenberg
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The Human Magnet Syndrome
"I realised everyone I fell in love with was the same person with a different face"
Steve Peters
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The Chimp Paradox
"Although you are not responsible for the nature of your chimp, you are responsible for managing it"
Carl Rodgers
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A Way of Being
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change"
Abraham Maslow
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Towards a Psychology of Being
"What is necessary to change a person, is for him to change his awareness of himself"
Alan Watts
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The Meaning of Happiness
"Waking up to who you are, means letting go of who you imagine yourself to be"
We also loved and recommend:
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Thomas Harris - I'm OK, You're OK
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Wayne Dyer - Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
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Jordan Peterson - Twelve Rules for Life
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Joe Dispenza - You are the Placebo
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Bessel van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score
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Douglas Gillette and Robert L. Moore - King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
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Thich Nhat Hanh - The Miracle of Mindfulness
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Mark Wolynn - It Didn't Start with You