• When in a disagreement,
can I respect my own view
while respecting the other
person’s?
Complete these statements
about yourself.
•
One thing I have a difficult
time accepting about my
life, but deep down know is
true, is:
•
Some of the things I feel I
need to accept about my
life are:
•
The reason I know these
things are difficult to
accept is:
•
I will know that I have fully
accepted these things about
my life when:
•
This stops me from
accepting these things
about my life:
•
I would accept these things
about my life if only:
•
I am afraid that if I accept
these things about my life,
then:
• Do I know that no matter
what I discover about myself
that I’m truly good?
If you answered “no” to any
of these questions, you’re not
alone. Self-acceptance is a
continual pursuit that’s just as
much about your relationship
to yourself as it is about your
relationship to others.
If you want to work on building
your ability to accept yourself,
you can start with these
exercises that come from my
book Real Answers.
Ask Powerful
Questions
The following prompts help you
shed some light on the areas
of yourself and your life that
would benefit from some selfacceptance.
•
What I need to do to
accept these things about
my life is:
Speak Your Truth
One of the ways we move into
a deeper level of acceptance is
by speaking our truth about our
lives. This reinforces our sense
of our experiences and makes
them more real for us.
When we acknowledge what’s
real for us, we’re better able to
accept what might have been
difficult in our past as well as in
our present.
For example, after a fight I once
had with a friend, I created a
self-serving story that my friend
was unfair and overreacted.
This story, however, was really
a set of judgments that kept
me from accepting my friend’s
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