Kat Nicholls shares five journaling techniques to help readers bridge the gap between self-perception and reality, identify core values, and explore their evolving identity.
Key Takeaways:
- Self-Perception vs. Reality: The “words to describe you” exercise reveals the disconnect between how we view ourselves and how others see us, often uncovering positive qualities we’ve never considered.
- Core Values Discovery: Identify your top three values (like kindness, creativity, or equality) and journal about why they’re important—remembering to check in as values can change over time.
- Temporal Perspective: Writing letters to your past, present, and future selves creates therapeutic distance and new perspective, offering forgiveness, comfort, hope, and insight about your journey
