Self-Reflection Journal Prompt

 
Reflect on an automatic reaction you tend to have with another person or aspect of your life.
Examples: Do you often find yourself getting:
Defensive around a certain colleague?
Frustrated with you child, spouse/partner, parent?
Shut down in new, different, or challenging circumstance?

How does your reaction limit you?

How does your reaction limit the other person or situation?
How does it paint them in a corner because you see or define them through a limited lens?

How would you like to respond instead?