Here's five things you can do to begin exploring your Inner-World (Self-reflection)   1.       Make a decision to prioritise your own self-knowledge and self-care It may sound obvious, but I have found that unless we actually set a clear intention and develop routines we are unlikely sustain behaviour change. As carers we tend to be “other” focussed rather than focussed on ourselves.  For many of us, we learnt to pay attention to the needs of others early in our childhoods wh

“Know thyself”  is a statement most famously attributed to  the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates,  who emphasised self-examination as the foundation of wisdom - “ the unexamined life is not worth living”  he said.     By examination  Socrates wasn’t talking about being critical of ourselves or achieving perfection.  He was encouraging us to focus on our “internal world” – our thoughts, our beliefs, our values, our emotions, our dreams.  To know and understand ourselves. Lis