Accepting Yourself - Powerful Self-Reflection Exercise for Groups
Accepting Yourself - Powerful Self-Reflection Exercise for Groups is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Schedule this exercise after a significant, possibly lengthy program experience.
- Distribute one Accepting Yourself worksheet to each person (two options, download from the Resources tab.)
- Invite each person to complete the first section (only) of the worksheet (allow 10 minutes.)
- Invite one person to start by sharing their thoughts on the first section.
- Next, invite the rest of your group to share any additional strengths they see in this person.
- Ask a volunteer to record these extra thoughts and affirmations on the individual’s worksheet, ie so they may be present to the feedback from others.
- Accepting Yourself Group reflection exercise that builds self-awareness & celebrates individual growth.
- Accepting Yourself combines individual introspection with group affirmation, creating an ideal way to process significant experiences through this thoughtful group reflection exercise.
- You’ll love how it naturally builds self-awareness and group connection whilst celebrating individual growth and achievements.
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Prompts to use +
Invite each person to complete the first section (only) of the worksheet (allow 10 minutes.)
Invite one person to start by sharing their thoughts on the first section.
Next, invite the rest of your group to share any additional strengths they see in this person.
Ask a volunteer to record these extra thoughts and affirmations on the individual’s worksheet, ie so they may be present to the feedback from others.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Accepting Yourself - Powerful Self-Reflection Exercise for Groups. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Invite each person to complete the first section (only) of the worksheet (allow 10 minutes.); Invite one person to start by sharing their thoughts on the first section.; Next, invite the rest of your group to share any additional strengths they see in this person.; Ask a volunteer to record these extra thoughts and affirmations on the individual’s worksheet, ie so they may be present to the feedback from others.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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