Week 6 - Learning To Trust Myself
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I can't until I believe I can.
June 9, 2026
I procrastinated writing week 6 until I finished the assignments I skipped from the last two weeks.
Week 4- Who Am I Becoming : Vision Board Exercise
(I got ChatGPT to help me bring it to life. 😊 Here are some examples.)
Week 5 - Rewriting My Internal Environment :
Inner Child Exercise
For this one, I recorded a hypnosis session (available through the workbook) where we travel back to meet with our inner child, inner pre-teen and inner teenager. We ask questions, give them love and end with merging ourselves back togeher - becoming whole. There is a journalling exercise for afterward to gain more clarity based on whatever came up.
I asked ChatGPT to summarize the session with some additional self-reflection questions based on the script:
Self-Reflection Questions
What stood out most during your conversations with your inner child, preteen, or teenage self?
Were there any emotions, memories, or messages that surprised you?
What did your younger selves need most that they may not have received at the time?
How can you begin offering that support, comfort, or understanding to yourself today?
What coping strategies did you notice your younger selves developed to navigate difficult emotions or experiences?
Which of these strategies still show up in your life now?
What message or reminder do you most want to carry forward from this experience?
What felt important enough to remember beyond today's session?
If your new inner cheerleader could guide you this week, what would it encourage you to do, believe, or remember about yourself?
Closing Journal Prompt
After meeting the younger versions of yourself and bringing them together with the adult you are today, what does "being on your own team" mean to you now?
While setting up the new baby's room - I found the scrapbook I made while pregnant with our 6 year old. ❤︎
Playlist for week 6:
aaaand let's begin. :)
STEP ONE: REFLECT
How often do I ignore, second-guess, or override my own intuition — and what experiences taught me not to trust myself fully?
answer :
I'm going to answer this with what came up during my hypnosis.
✍🏽 I'm in my room by myself. I did something that I thought I wanted, only to find out that the other person had different intentions. I didn't feel like I could talk to my mom or sister, like I would be judged or in trouble. I felt stupid.
A friend overheard me telling another friend that I didn't want to tell them (I didn't want to tell anyone.) Some of my friend's were told by the other person involved and I felt very unsupported. Some girls from another school found out and I received messages online from people who didn't know me.
I felt lonely, like I made a mistake. And self-betrayal from making a choice against what I really want, for something I thought I wanted.
I did eventually tell my mom. And someone told David in the month before we officially started dating. I told him my story, honestly.
And after experiencing what I do want with him, I learned about Universal Protection (realizing what I did wasn't as bad as I thought). David created for me the experience I wanted the whole time.
This memory happened at 15 years old.
David came to me at 16 years.
I want my 15 year old self to see that it really will be okay.
I chose to focus on myself. I began the process of learning to love myself.
The younger me felt a longing for love and someone who would choose her.
What did younger you need in that moment?
Someone like me.
What emotional pattern may have started here?
The belief that I am unworthy of what I want. The inability to fully receive the love I want. Lack of trust in myself paired with the thought I am bad/wrong and at fault for falling into temptation.
I questioned my self-worth and decided I needed to be good and perfect to deserve/receive love.
What did I need to hear?
One choice doesn't make you a bad person. We all make mistakes, that's how we learn. I never regretted the action, I just felt disappointed in myself. I was satisfying a part of me who truly did want it. I liked the person on the other end, it just didn't go the way I expected - making me feel like I followed the wrong path.
I needed to hear that it's okay. It will all turn out just fine.
What does younger me need to hear now?
I became the person I needed. And I got to be her for a 14 year old who opened up to me several years ago in her time of need. And I get to be this kind of support to my own daughters. I receive his love and our life because I am worthy. I am deserving. I am lovable.
Because I am good.
answer :
I know the feeling of being in alignment - even though I haven't been feeling it lately.
It feels like a deep inner knowing, self-trust and a belief that everything will work out.
Words flow naturally, I let go of self-doubt and I carry an energy of peace with an optimistic attitude. I started journalling, and feeling through my emotions, at 18 years old. I trust my ability to guide myself. And to be honest, it truly does seem to always work out.
answer :
I spent a long time believing I needed to follow someone else's lead. It's only in the last couple of years that I recognized how capable I am of leading myself. I sleep good at night knowing that I follow my heart. I see mistakes I've made, but I don't have any regrets. I see the lessons in each wrong move and the outcome of growth is worth the feelings it produced at the time. I feel resilient, self-dependent and proud that no matter what, I never waiver from my belief in love.
STEP TWO: CREATE
What decision have I already known I need to make — but keep delaying
because of fear, uncertainty, guilt, or discomfort?
answer :
Letting go.
I always wanted a dog. I asked my parents every Christmas. I wanted a companion who would stay by my side and love me.
Two months into our relationship, David's dogs had puppies. I held the chubby little brown one in the palm of my hands the day he was born.
After weeks of convincing - my parent's let me bring him home.
He died at 3 1/2 years old due to liver failure.
I blamed my 19 year old self for not taking him to the vet sooner.
A few months later I got Vinny. He was my heart and soul until he passed April 2023.
I still miss him.
I know I need to let go, follow the Buddha's advice of non-attachment and let the Universe do its thing.
To me, that looks like self-care and trust.
Lately I've been in paranoia -- but what if it doesn't work out?
I know that's the belief keeping me stuck.
So I choose to let it go.
answer :
The cost of staying where I am, emotionally, is that I'm never satisfied.
What if temporary discomfort breaks down the wall which leads to eternal bliss? What if I'm one thought, one idea, one conversation, one action away from truly "having it all"?
Which to me - is simply a feeling and attitude of gratitude - that I have what I want and I want what I have. And everyday - enjoying it because it's the life I asked for, even when I didn't know I was asking.
From my experience, prayers are always answered when we allow ourselves to receive their guidance.
♡
answer :
The action I would take today is to re-connect with David. I think I went inwards a while ago and haven't fully come out. I see how hard he tries, I feel his effort and I want to be his happy.
I'm afraid that his time will always be needed else where - and that I will stay stuck in the story of not being chosen.
I know that's not true.
✍🏽 David is/has always been the answer to my prayers.
Lately, the feeling of loneliness, that there is no one for me, has been active. I see his busy schedule and it feels like he's choosing those things over me. I take it personally.
I see now - he loves me, unconditionally, with his whole heart. He is the answer to my prayer. He's been with me - saved me - at 16 years old.
I choose to leave the judgment behind. I choose to stop telling the story that I'll never receive what I want and RECOGNIZE that I already have it.
What new belief better supports me?
Things are always working out for me. Situations always turn around and love always finds its way to me.
And so it is. 🙏🏽
Day In The Life Exercise
Visualization Exercise
Find a quiet space where you can relax without distractions.
Take a few slow, deep breaths.
Allow your body to soften.
Release pressure, rushing, and overthinking for a moment.
Now gently imagine yourself waking up in your ideal life.
Not a perfect life.
A life that feels peaceful, aligned, emotionally fulfilling, and true to the
person you want to become.
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