#therapyreflections

[lifebydesign66]

Becoming Self Aware

Feeling a bit lost or disconnected lately?

When that happens, the most powerful thing you can do is just take a pause and look inward.

Deep self-awareness is the foundation for your growth.

It’s about truly understanding your thoughts, feelings, and habits, and noticing how your energy impacts the people around you.

By creating a little space to check in, you give your mind and body a chance to step out of autopilot and actually choose how you want to respond to the world.

Developing this deeper connection with yourself doesn't happen overnight, but you can build it piece by piece.

Here is how you can gently start developing deeper self-awareness in your day-to-day life:

🔍 Be honest with yourself

⚡ Notice your triggers

💭 Review your beliefs

⏳ Survey your past

At Life By Design Therapy™, we love helping you tune into your innermost desires and intentions so you can build a life you truly love.

Simply being willing to check in with your system is an incredible first step.

Which one of these feels like the most helpful place for you to start exploring this week? Let me know below 👇

If you are in California and ready to step into a warmer, more conscious relationship with yourself, we are right here to walk with you.

Click the link in our bio to book your free phone consultation today.

[lifebydesign66]

Therapy in Berkeley California

It is incredibly easy to get swept up in the daily rush, checking off tasks and meeting everyone else's expectations until you realize you’ve completely drifted away from your own center.

When you lose touch with what matters most to you, your nervous system can start to feel scattered, restless, or quietly burnt out.

Pausing to take an intentional inventory isn’t about judging where you are, it’s just a gentle way to help your mind and body realign.

If you are feeling a bit disconnected from your purpose today, take a slow breath and ask yourself these core questions:

🎯 What are my priorities? – Getting deeply honest about the handful of things that truly deserve your limited time and precious energy right now.

🧭 Am I moving toward them or away from them at this moment? – Looking at your current daily habits without any shame to see if they are feeding your growth or just draining your capacity.

At Life By Design Therapy™, we believe that true somatic wellness begins with these small, quiet moments of self-reconnection.

You don't have to overhaul your entire life overnight; sometimes, you just need a brief pause to check your internal compass and gently adjust your course.

If you’re located in California and you’re ready to step off the autopilot loop and build a life that feels genuinely aligned with your values, we are right here to support you.

Click the link in our bio to book a free phone consultation.

[voidformation]

it hurts me so immeasurably much to realize what i was robbed of. actually i ultimately know that everything was supposed to be exactly this way. i had my karmas and i am working through my vasanas. so in truth i am nothing but immeasurably grateful for Her Grace. that is just the truth, and i am not just saying it to hope to believe it. but i am still so heavy in my heart at this realization. and it is okay to be that way to feel it all and ultimately begin to close the loop.

in speaking with nina at some point in freshman year, she mentioned that her mom told her that she wouldn’t find her friends for life in her freshman year. or that she would find them. it was something that made me realize she was actively thinking about friends, so much that she’d talked about her mom with it. i was interested in that, i hadn’t thought of making friends in college at all. that has been laying dormant in the back of my brain for 6 years now.

now i am watching all these tiktoks, and a lot of them are of kids newly coming to college. i see so many worries over making friends, or happinesses over being friends with people. i’ve quickly gleaned how much of a priority it was for everyone to make friends in college. it strikes me how as i write this that that’s what the twitter friend group i could’ve made an effort to join was, it was people looking for friends.

this has all snowballed into me realizing, mid-notes on Glorious Alchemy with tired eyes, in the dark, bangs on my forehead, past-3-am when i have work tomorrow-today, and am traveling for work (meaning waking up at 7 at the latest for the next 4 days) — i never thought of making friends in college. it was not a priority, it was not even in my purview. and i realized it was because i was just so happy to be free. i was free from her finally. i didn’t think of anything or anyone else. i just finally had the luxury to be myself and discover who i was. i couldn’t be anyone until this. i couldn’t be a person. i was just starting to understand what it meant to let the light in. i missed all of that. i missed desiring for friends and i missed making friends.

but at least i’ve finally found myself.