self-exploration

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Recent Examples of self-exploration Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development. Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025 The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024 In a 2022 interview with Art Plugged, Cunningham explained her art as a form of self-exploration. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024 However, because Woodley had prior plans to travel to India on a journey of self-exploration, her involvement in the project was initially going to be delayed. Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024 Chock full of exercises designed to take readers on a journey of self-exploration, Klein serves as leader of the expedition into what makes people better leaders. Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 In Babygirl, Dickinson stars as Samuel, a corporate intern who embarks on a mutually pleasurable journey of self-exploration through dom/sub dynamics with his female CEO, Romy (Nicole Kidman). Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024 The new movement focuses on personal choice and the benefits of self-exploration rather than applying strict rules of complete sobriety. Adam Holm, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 His campaigning leads to a heartfelt journey of self-exploration. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-exploration
Noun
  • This lunation will shine a light on your expansive ninth house of self-discovery, higher education and long-distance connections.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The concept puts the awe-inspiring acrobatics the brand is known for on ice while telling a story of self-discovery.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.
    Diana Spehar, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rothwell, who created and stars in the Hulu series, understood the need for a coming-of-age story about celebrating oneself at all parts of the journey, no matter how turbulent the road to self-realization is.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There’s still room for some introspection, though, as the sun’s ingress into Pisces on Feb. 18 activates your 12th house of healing, surrender and unconscious patterns.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Art therapy workshops harness the power of painting, pottery, or calligraphy to reduce anxiety and promote introspection in a glass-walled greenhouse.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Thus, Mill’s central political concern was not how to create order out of chaos but how to ensure that the beneficiaries of order could achieve self-fulfillment.
    John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
  • Deserving Self-Fulfillment The final justification, cited by 13 participants, was that their affairs were a form of deserving self-fulfillment.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This mystical season is all about self-reflection, so take a beat before celebrating another journey around the sun.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Thompson’s life transformed post-Oscars and making this documentary sparked some self-reflection.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The self-examination that question sparks in Rebecca is a fascinatingly rich one that deals with notions like consent, personal boundaries and abuse of power.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Wondering what would happen if those same tools were used for self-examination, the author sifted through personal data to uncover meaningful insights to plan a course of action toward more joyful and fulfilling years.
    Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a race that has been marked more by the similarity of the front-runners — Ben from Wisconsin and Ken from Minnesota — than any serious clash over vision or ideology, this felt more like a gentle pep rally than soul-searching at the crossroads.
    Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The soul-searching that Edwards did in the wake of that Boston loss has led to a scoring explosion from him of late.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024

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