self relationship & exploration
how we experience, relate with, & feel about ourselves. self-realization, self-knowledge, self-awareness, self-esteem.
self relationship & exploration
Growing up, we turn to our parents, friends, teachers, and communities for guidance like our lives depend on it. Because it does. We have no idea yet how to live, how to learn, how to dress, how to be. Through being explicitly told what to do and implicitly observing what we should do, we learn to earn love and acceptance by living in accordance... See more
Cissy Hu • A lifetime of should-ing
the eroticism of knowing yourself
softperception.substack.com
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Self-discovery is all about diving deep and uncovering who you are and what you truly want from life. It’s about finding the principles, passions, and goals that are uniquely rewarding and fulfilling to you.
The aim is not to change into someone else, but to become more of who you already are. To chart a course that is genuinely yours, that brings
... See moreSo many high-achieving people get trapped into obsessing about the external world and neglecting their internal world. When you’ve been suppressing things for so long, you can’t just decide to stop all at once. Learning to listen to yourself takes a long time. I used to think that I always had to justify everything to myself—that I needed to be
... See moreAva • Not Disappointing Myself
Perhaps a more productive framework, then, is to focus on the accuracy of our self-knowledge, also known as self-awareness. How close to reality is your understanding of yourself at this moment? To what extent are you deceiving yourself when you call yourself a loser, ugly, dumb, or the smartest person in the room? Do you know your values, and how... See more