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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.


Example Sentences

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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

They had gathered this Saturday morning on Abbot Kinney Boulevard 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

And I think it was really meaningful to develop an adult character that is invested in self-exploration in a way that could not only restore his own sense of self, which he hadn’t even realized he had lost, but then also do justice to a historical injustice and also kind of embody the values of the person who changed his life the most.

From Los Angeles Times

“Through decades of self-exploration and groundbreaking scientific studies, Wim has created a simple, effective way to stimulate these deep physiological processes and realize our full potential,” it states.

From Salon

It was a time of self-exploration.

From Los Angeles Times