self-exploration

American  

[self-ek-spler-ay-shuhn] / ˌsɛlfˌɛk splərˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

self-explorations

1. the process of deepening one's self-understanding by considering and analyzing one's own feelings, beliefs, motivations, values, etc.

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Example Sentences

Through this journey of self-exploration I have come to realize how coercive gender-identity ideology was for me, disguising harm as compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Others see it as a statement on the pressures of commercial music, or simply the next step in his journey of self-exploration.

From BBC

This desire for a farm is her latest self-exploration, clarifying for her that she loves her profession but not the superficial trappings that accompany it.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe this self-described “enigma” was ready to fully commit to a post-football life of self-exploration with spiritual guides, gurus and whatever you want to call McAfee.

From The Wall Street Journal

They had gathered this Saturday morning on Abbot Kinney Blvd in the courtyard behind the Japanese skincare store Albion Garden to attend “Echoes of the Heart,” a two-hour cacao, breathwork and sound bath workshop that promised to guide participants toward “deep self-exploration, energetic healing and profound relaxation.”

From Los Angeles Times