JOURNAL PROMPTS TO IDENTIFY ROLE-SELF:

• What do you make yourself do because you think it means you’re a good person?
• How do you hope others see you?
• Which of your personality traits do you try to hide?

JOURNAL PROMPTS TO TAP INTO AUTHENTIC SELF:

Think back to yourself as a child and try to think back to before 4th grade

• Before you learned to judge and criticize yourself, what did you enjoy doing?
• What made you feel good?
• If you could be the person you really are (and didn’t have to worry about money), what would your life be like right now?
• What were you interested in?
• Who were your favorite people? What did you like about them?
• What did you enjoy doing in your free time?
• How did you like to play?
• What was your idea of a perfect day?