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Emotions journal prompts

Understand what you feel and why.

  1. What emotion has shown up most for you this week?

  2. What made you smile or laugh recently, and why?

  3. What tends to lift your mood faster than you'd expect?

  4. What's a feeling you had today that you didn't expect?

  5. When did you last feel truly like yourself, and what were you doing?

  6. What situations tend to irritate you, and what do they have in common?

  7. What does your body do when you're upset, before you even name the feeling?

  8. What's a feeling you often push aside, and what happens when you do?

  9. Which reaction of yours would you like to understand better, and when does it show up?

  10. What might be underneath the most obvious feeling you have today?

  11. What's something you feel but haven't said out loud yet?

  12. Which emotions were easy to show in the home you grew up in, and which weren't?

7-day Journeys

One question a day for a week, each building on the last. Day one is free in the app.

Get to Know Yourself

A week of noticing what makes you, you

  1. Day 1 Let's start light: what are three small things you love that most people don't know about?
  2. Day 2 What place, time of day, or activity makes you feel most alive?
  3. Day 3 How do you usually react when plans suddenly change?
  4. Day 4 Which values quietly guide your choices, and where did one show up this week?
  5. Day 5 What do you criticize in yourself that you'd easily forgive in someone else?
  6. Day 6 What part of yourself do you tend to keep hidden, and what would it be like to let it show?
  7. Day 7 After this week, how would you describe yourself to someone who's never met you?

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