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Recent Examples of self-exploration
The grotto set the stage for the rest of my visit: quiet spirituality, relaxation, and self-exploration.
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The survey also polled 992 parents of 16-to-24-year-olds, 16% of whom encouraged social media as a tool for career and self-exploration.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2025
Middle schoolers can participate in self-exploration and career awareness activities to help inform their Education and Career Action Plans which are required for graduation.
—Jean Eddy, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Her book serves as a guide that focuses on self-discovery and self-exploration in both life and career.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 June 2025
Agathe’s love life as one of self-exploration and forgoes any side story spotlighting male competition.
—Hannah Benson
may 16, Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Mariah, an energetic publicity executive in Oregon also described herself as an introverted extrovert, had a passion for self-exploration and chose work different from everyone else in her family.
—Jessie Rosen, People.com, 3 May 2025
Overall, Gemini Near Me’s goal is to empower users to become the best version of themselves by diving into self-exploration and embarking on a fascinating self-work journey—made possible by a plethora of interactive features.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
That self-exploration inspired her latest album, Patterns.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The survey also polled 992 parents of 16-to-24-year-olds, 16% of whom encouraged social media as a tool for career and self-exploration.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2025
Middle schoolers can participate in self-exploration and career awareness activities to help inform their Education and Career Action Plans which are required for graduation.
—Jean Eddy, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Her book serves as a guide that focuses on self-discovery and self-exploration in both life and career.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 June 2025
Agathe’s love life as one of self-exploration and forgoes any side story spotlighting male competition.
—Hannah Benson
may 16, Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Mariah, an energetic publicity executive in Oregon also described herself as an introverted extrovert, had a passion for self-exploration and chose work different from everyone else in her family.
—Jessie Rosen, People.com, 3 May 2025
Overall, Gemini Near Me’s goal is to empower users to become the best version of themselves by diving into self-exploration and embarking on a fascinating self-work journey—made possible by a plethora of interactive features.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
That self-exploration inspired her latest album, Patterns.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-exploration
- self-discovery
- self-realization
- introspection
- self-fulfillment
- self-reflection
- self-examination
- soul-searching
- self-analysis
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Themes of travel, education and adventure are top of mind with Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, let alone in your ninth house of self-discovery.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Another key trend is solo travel, with 48.3 percent of respondents planning trips centered on self-discovery and personal freedom.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Aug. 2025
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Per Britannica, Jung's psychoanalytic method focuses on integrating conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche to achieve personal growth and self-realization.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Even when characters get a moment of self-realization, Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s book, including sizeable chunks of the screenplay, replaces drama with platitudes or dialogue gags.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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Research clearly shows the power of such introspection.—
Albert Kim,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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By photographing moments of introspection and inner life, Romane takes part in the ritual itself, while spending meaningful time with the communities of Jurema and the quilombos.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Aug. 2025
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Founders have a wide range of personal reasons for making the pivot, from seeking self-fulfillment to meeting a strategic need in their next chapter.—
Nina Ajemian,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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Turner-Seed’s own writing lays bare a struggle for self-fulfillment, to reconcile the traditional values pushed by her Jewish immigrant parents with a restless need to discover and make her own way.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Any student who completes at least three sessions receives a portfolio with their hours of participation, topics discussed, peer feedback and a self-reflection, which can be shared with college admissions offices.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
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But that same glue wasn’t transformed into a product until an innovation occurred, driven by self-reflection far from the workplace.—
Albert Kim,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The passage of time may increase the anguish of self-examination, but the search for truth is always worth the cost.—
Gary Knight,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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This also requires you to do some self-examination.—
Harmon Kong,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The conference call was dispiriting, with CEO Andy Jassy giving a long and unnecessary soul-searching answer to Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak's question about Amazon falling behind in generative.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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The scale of the Republican Party's triumph in November—taking the White House, flipping the Senate, and maintaining control of the House—has sparked soul-searching within the Democratic Party over what went wrong and how to rebuild.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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With a mind engaged in varied tasks, the time dedicated to art becomes sharper, less prone to the debilitating self-analysis that can derail artistic momentum.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
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“Self-exploration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-exploration. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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