Spiritual Year End Reflections

The transition from one year to the next is a time for reflection. Most people will look back at their achievements, what progress they’ve made in life, and what milestones have passed. Looking at the outward RESULTS in their life and business. They they’ll set goals for the upcoming year: things they want to create and manifest, milestones that can be measured as progress.

There’s nothing wrong with this approach. It’s great to take stock of where you are and how far you’ve come. Even the traditional S.T.R.O.N.G. goal setting process makes it clear your goals should be tangible and measurable. I create a manifestation board and have specific items and achievements I want to create (hello Harvard diploma, French chateau, and Lexus SUV coming to me!)

But in the midst of tallying your numbers and reviewing your profit from last year, it’s also important to reflect on your spiritual successes and progress this past year too. What about all the spiritual, psychological, and emotional shifts you made this year? Your inner being is also moving through this annual temporal threshold of concluding 2023 and birthing into 2024. It’s a great opportunity to set aside the worldly accomplishments for a moment and look within. After all, your external life is a reflection of your internal state.

So grab your favorite journal and pen, make a cup of hot tea, get still in your heart and mind for a few breaths, and then do some journaling reflection on the prompts below. It’s a chance to check in with your soul and take a life audit to see how you’re doing at this whole human experience thing. You will come out the other side of this exercise feeling so grounded in yourself and knowing what shifts your ready to make in order to align with the woman you want to become.

Spiritual New Years Reflection Prompts:

FEELINGS

1. What was my predominant feeling this year?

2. What feelings did I actively cultivate?

3. What feelings were my default feelings?

4. What feelings did I have that didn’t get enough acknowledgement?

5. What feelings did I want to create but felt inaccessible to me?

BOUNDARIES

1. What boundaries did I set this year? What happened as a result? How did it feel to set that? How did it feel after I set them?

2. What boundaries do I wish I’d set but didn’t?

3. What boundaries is my soul calling me to set now?

4. How can I communicate my boundaries in a way that honors myself and my needs?

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GRATITUDE

1. What am I grateful for from this past year - blessings and challenges?

2. How did I embody/express my gratitude this year?

3. Did I share my gratitude for/with others, or did I keep it to myself?

4. How can I incorporate gratitude into my life?

WORTHINESS

1. What level of worthiness did I embody this year?

2. What level of worthiness did/do my relationships reflect?

3. In what areas of my life did I negotiate my worth?

4. Did I try to earn/prove my worth this year? If so, how?

5. How can I drop the need to earn my worth and embody my worthiness as I am?

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HEALING

1. What parts of myself experienced healing this year?

2. What parts of me are yearning to be healed?

3. If I heal these parts, how will my life change? How will I change?

4. What practices or rituals can I adopt to support my healing journey?

5. What qualities do I embody that can help with my healing process? (Strength, resilience, tenacity, compassion, etc.)

BELIEFS

1. What beliefs did I/Do I hold about myself this year?

2. Do I align with these beliefs when I really think about them? Are they beliefs I want to hold?

3. What beliefs can I adopt that will replace any incongruent beliefs I currently hold?

4. What beliefs about myself/others will help me become the woman I want to be?

5. What will help me anchor in these beliefs?

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GROWTH

1. Looking back to who I was at the beginning of 2023, how have I grown emotionally, mentally, or spiritually in the past year?

2. What challenges or obstacles have contributed the most to my growth, and what lessons have I learned from them?

3. Are there areas of my life where I've resisted growth? What might be holding me back, and how can I overcome this resistance to change?

4. What habits, people, influences, or practices have supported my growth, and which ones do I need to let go of to continue growing?

CREATIVITY

1. How do I tap into my own creativity? Did I make time for this in 2023? How can I nurture this creativity in 2024?

2. What activities and practices make me feel alive? What lights the spark of life in me?

3. How did I approach challenges this year? Are there creative ways to focus on solutions?

4. Is there anything holding me back from my creative potential? What fears, insecurities, or beliefs can I let go of to be more creative in my life?

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RELATIONSHIPS

1. Looking back at my relationships in this past year (work, romantic, family, friends, etc), do I feel safe to be authentic? Am I showing up fully?

2. Which relationships give me energy and light me up, and which ones drain me?

3. Do any connections with others come at the expense of my connection with myself? Do I have to abandon myself in order to be in relationship with someone?

4. Who do I want to be in my relationships? How do I want to show up? What values do I want to embody in them?

ALIGNMENT

1. How do I envision my ideal self? What is she like? What qualities does she embody? What steps can I take to move closer to that version of me?

2. What practices help me feel most connected to my higher self?

3. What aspects of my life currently feel out of alignment with my higher purpose, or disconnected from my intuition and inner guidance? How can I strengthen this connection?

4. What does my higher self want me to know about myself or my life?

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VALUES

1. What are my top 3-10 core values?

2. Did I embody these values? Do I feel fully aligned with then in my  lifestyle and relationships? If not, where is the disconnect?

3. Which experiences challenged or affirmed my core values this year?

4. How can I incorporate my values into my life more intentionally?

NEEDS

1. What needs are being met in my life right now? Which ones aren’t being met?

2. Do I prioritize and address these needs in my daily life?

3. Do I tend to neglect certain needs over others? Do I meet some needs at the expense of others?

4. What emotions or signs let me know that my needs are not being met?

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HONORING MYSELF

1. In what ways do I abandon or neglect myself?

2. What helps me listen to myself - my intuition, needs, desires, feelings?

3. What practices help me feel most connected to my higher self and aligned with honoring myself?

4. What have I been holding back from admitting? What do I really want, underneath any insecurities or fears?

5. How can I integrate self-reflection and introspection into my life to stay connected with my own needs and desires?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1. What has gone unacknowledged this year?

2. In what contexts do I feel truly seen - With certain people? At work? In therapy?

3. Have I pushed any feelings, thoughts, or experiences away because they’re uncomfortable? What am I ready to bear witness to?

4. How do I like to celebrate myself and any milestones or achievements? What feels good as an acknowledgement?

5. How can I acknowledge myself regularly? What can I celebrate? How do I want to be celebrated by others?

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FORGIVENESS / GRACE

1. What/who am I ready to forgive? What is weighing on my heart and soul?

2. What am I ready to forgive myself for? What have I been carrying in shame that I’m ready to release and heal?

3. How can I mend the wounds from any grievances I’m carrying? What hurts needs to be healed?

4. What do I need to acknowledge before I’m ready to let go of my grievances?

5. What will happen when I forgive? What am I afraid of? What do I hope for?

ABUNDANCE

1. Was I open to receiving my Divine Abundance this year?

2. Where did I block the flow of prosperity in my life?

3. What areas feels so abundance and are overflowing in my life? Where do I already feel rich?

4. Did I practice gratitude for everything that flowed to and through me this year?

5. What mantra can I use to remember my natural state of prosperity and abundance?

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SPACIOUSNESS / STILLNESS

1. What areas of my life felt rushed this year? What made me feel like I’m behind? What is ready to be slowed down?

2. How can I cultivate more spaciousness in my life - in time, relationships, physical space, mental clarity, etc.

3. What practices help me get still and centered? What helps me feel grounded?

4. Do I allow myself to have quite reflection or meditation time?

5. What happens to my soul, mind, and body when I slow down and get still or quiet?

NOURISHMENT

1. What helps me feel truly nourished and rejuvenated  physically, emotionally, spiritually?

2. Have I given myself the gift of rest, relaxation, self care this year? How can I incorporate more of this in my life?

3. How do I protect my time, energy, and space so that everything I let into my life is nourishing and fulfilling?

4. Do I practice self-compassion and forgiveness toward myself when I need it most? How can I offer more care and gentleness to myself?

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