#32 - A Workshop // Start the New Year with Clarity & Confidence
Welcome back to The Process Podcast.
This is the first episode of the New Year, and of the second season of The Process Podcast, and we're starting off with an exclusive self-inquiry workshop, on how to cultivate compassion, build confidence and gain clarity.
In this episode, I'm sharing a 20-minute self-inquiry workshop filled with the rituals and journal prompts that I use myself. This time of year is perfect to take some time to reflect on the year as it draws to an end, and mentally prepare for the new one approaching. Taking time to reflect helps to evaluate areas of ourselves and of our lives, and helps to identify things we enjoyed or that went well, as well as those that we didn't, and that may need letting go.
This episode is broken down into 3 main parts; Reflection, Intention and Practice. Reflection contains 6 journal prompts to explore and process the past year. Intention contains 4 journal prompts to establish goals and desires for the year ahead; both short term, long term and general. And Practice contains a selection of insights on how to cultivate a mindset and approach to life that will help you to feel better, and provide fertile ground for your goals and dreams to materialise. We discuss how list making can be practical but mustn't be something that's taken too seriously or held on to too tightly. It is instead about planting seeds and sub-consciously getting the cogs of your life in motion, with intention and authenticity driving them behind the scenes. Like a seed, you don't sit and watch it everyday until it finally starts growing, and it's the same with your intentions. Journaling like this is more about sending signals to the brain, your subconscious and the wider universe and energies beyond you, to clarify what it is you want, and what feels most right for you. Then, the beauty of this process is you can let go, detach, and simply take whichever steps or opportunities arise that align with these things.
After each question or prompt, it is advised to pause the podcast to give yourself ample time to think thoroughly and answer.