Discover Your Genuine Self Through the Art of Journaling

Karen Chambre LCSW, PSY,D ca
18 min readJun 30, 2024

Explore how each stage of life impacts you and learn to find your authentic self.

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Table of Contents
· Chapter 1
· The Method for Self-Discovery
· The impact of living with a false self
· The negative consequences of the false self
· How to get the most out of your Journaling
· Chapter 2
· The Beginning of Your Genuine Self
· Here are some Prompts you can use to start discovering. Please use as much time and as many pages as you like
· Chapter 3 Elementary School
· Is it possible to strengthen and maintain one’s authentic self in elementary school?
· Prompts to help you reflect on your elementary school experience.
· Chapter 4
· The Adolescent self
· Explore prompts and exercises to help you understand who you were as an adolescent.
· Describe Your Self-Esteem Throughout Your Adolescent Years.
· Romantic Relationships in Adolescents
· Chapter 5
· The Young Adult: struggling to be Genuine
· Authentic Selves and False Selves in Young Adulthood
· Journaling Questions for Introspection
· Exploring how true you were to yourself during young adulthood while focusing on your career preparation and career pursuits
· Journaling about Relationships in Young Adulthood. Could your genuine self.
· Chapter 6
· Does One’s Genuine Self Increase or Decrease during Midlife?
· What is the MidLife Crisis
· Prompts…

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Karen Chambre LCSW, PSY,D ca

As a psychotherapist, it has been a pleasure to help clients overcome their internal and external challenges over the last 40 years.