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RE: Self-Inquiry: Asking Yourself the Difficult Questions!
I learnt this as part of my MBA (self-development), a process they called reflection. It’s probably the most soul searching thing that’s easy to do regularly - analysing one’s emotions throughout the day and asking “why did I feel / react like that?” Particularly focussing on negative emotions that you would prefer to avoid.
It’s an amazing thing to be able to do. It’s for you, you’re honest with yourself. I even said that I wouldn’t read it myself. A process of self-development that will never be seen again.
Is this the same as cognitive therapy? 🤷
That's really interesting! My entry point was more from the "New Age" angle, although I am not particularly "woo-woo."
One of the things that appealed to be about it was a workshop presenter who suggested you can accomplish and reach insights in a matter of weeks/months that most likely would take you five years of talk therapy (at £80 per session!) to reach.
Terminology is a slippery beast. Cognitive therapy? Maybe so. But it's also taking the role of "the observer" from Buddhist practices. Observe your emotions, rather than react to them.
I suppose it all depends upon how honest somebody is... I'd suggest that therapy is more difficult to make progress with because you've not only got the hurdle of being honest with yourself, but also with a stranger.
I like this.
It's interesting that concepts from woo-woo New Age 😉 and Buddhism are now being taught to business minds... it feels like there's a contradiction in here somewhere.