Reconnect I July Exercise 2

Reconnect I Exploration; The Protective Part 
July week 3

Last week, the invitation was to notice the more gentle, understanding, and supportive parts of yourself. The inner voice that meets you with softness and compassion.

This week, we turn towards the parts that often feel more difficult to hold.

The invitation is still not to judge them nor to fix them.
Just to begin noticing them with greater honesty and awareness.

You can think of this as the protective part of you.
The inner voice or energy that becomes critical, pressured, reactive, fearful, or controlling.

During this week, take a few quiet moments to reflect;

• When does this part of you tend to show up?

• What triggers it?

• What does it sound like when it takes over?

• How do you usually respond to yourself in those moments?

Perhaps this is the part that pushes you harder, criticises you, makes you overthink, withdraw, become reactive, or feel like you are not enough.

You don’t need to change anything.
Just begin noticing the relationship you have with this part of yourself, and what it might be trying to protect.