self-reflective
Americanadjective
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Therapists are taught to manage these feelings, but if not trained well or sufficiently self-reflective, they can let their biases go unchecked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A more self-reflective judge might ask where he went wrong; Oldham refuses to accept that he can be wrong.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
Through handwritten letters and self-reflective collages, this project explores who I am as a woman, a mother and a Muslim.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Yet he also displayed signs of being “quiet,” inquisitive and self-reflective, she said.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Whenever a self-reflective thought was presented to my mind, it was instantly rejected, and as it were a curtain in the soul drawn before it.
From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
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