Self reflection is a superpower

It is a struggle to have even five minutes of silence a day because this modern world full of distractions constantly (whether it be thoughts, people, environment or media) means during awoken hours, the mind is always (over) stimulated. When a person’s focus is externally, this can trigger a lot of unconscious (conditioned) reactive thinking and behaviour which can be out of control.

When a person knows self, this allows the power to control own emotions and thinking rather than be controlled by them. To be able to harbour own power by developing self-reflection and awareness can also harnesses self-development.

What is self-reflection? This is a practice that empowers self to assess own elements like mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually because it allows self to look inwardly at current status of each element and why self is behaving or thinking (emotionally or physically) in a certain way so a response rather than reaction is active. This encourages emotional and self-development growth because a connection to self is on a conscious level.

Understanding why self makes a decision, or why a situation had a negative impact on thinking, feelings or behaviour helps a person to assess the situation before taking action.

Self-reflection is a practice that guides self to know own being on a deep, internal level thinking or thought patterns, moods (positive or negative) and emotions (for example, happy, sad, angry, content, aggressive, passive) outside of focusing on external (such as other people, environment). This allows self to acknowledge what own needs, strengths and weaknesses are. Such reflections are connected to self- development.

Mindfulness is a practice that self can express through conscious thinking, understanding and careful response. It also helps to break any sabotaging thoughts, habits, patterns and behaviour. Even though self-reflection may be looking back at past actions to understand them, it is also about being present in the here and now to frame any current situation before taking action.

The ability to be in control of own thinking and action consciously develops emotional intelligence, diminishes stress, as well as enhances own wellbeing to improve communication and relationships.