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Journaling with your Inner Selves
By
Ann Dobbertin, LCSW-C & Mary Disharoon, LMFT
1. Begin in the center of your inner-self system
with your Aware Ego:
With a black pen, write a few sentences about what you are thinking and feeling.
Invite the self that has the strongest desire to write.
or
Ask the self that you are wanting to know better to write.
2. Let the self that is going to write choose
a different colored pen to express its individuality.
Let the self write about its thoughts and feelings. Some questions
the Aware Ego may wish the self to answer:
Tell me about yourself!
What do you do for me?
Where do you show up in my life?
What do you contribute to my life?
When did you first come into my life?
What was happening
at the time?
Who were your role-models?
Do you have
any specific memories?
What are your concerns about me?
What would you like me
to do differently?
What would my life be like now without any of your energy?
What else do you want me to know about you at this time?
Stay writing from this self until you (the Aware Ego) begin to
understand it from your heart, and you can appreciate its job and
what it’s done for your development.
3. Return to the Aware Ego position.
With the black pen again, write about this experience from your
perspective. Any comments? Any new recognitions or
awarenesses? Any appreciations? Notice the energetic difference
now that you have separated from that self and are back in your
Aware Ego.
4. You may want to invite another self to write.
Simply choose a different colored pen and let this new self write. Follow
the same process as listed above.
5. After all of the various selves have written, let the
Aware Ego do a wrap-up by writing about how it is feeling and thinking anew from
this more aware vantage point.
How can you be a leader with these different selves? How
might you take care of them or hold a boundary with them? How
can your broader awareness of their individual needs and abilities
inform the various day-to-day decisions you make in your life?
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