Lost People Can't Lead You Home
When we allow other people to decide who we are, we are giving away our ____________.
What is Identity?
There is a difference between being seen and being ______.
What is known?
Having a lot of followers does NOT automatically mean someone has _______.
What is wisdom, purpose, ,value, or positive influence?
If you keep getting the same result from the same behavior, it may be time to change the ______.
A person van appear successful on the outside while struggling on the ______.
What is inside?
Name one question from Monday's lesson that can help you reconnect with yourself.
What do I think?/What do I feel?/What do I want?
True or False: Attention and approval always equal genuine love and connection.
False.
Before following someone's advice, today's lesson suggests asking: "What have they _____?"
What is produced or built?
True or False: Changing jobs, relationships, or locations automatically fixes internal problems.
False.
Name on way people may try to avoid uncomfortable emotions instead of dealing with them.
What is substances, unhealthy relationships, scrolling, overworking, anger, isolation, etc.?
True or False: Someone can give confident advice and still not know what is best for you.
True.
What can happen when someone repeatedly compromises their values just to receive attention or approval?
What is losing sense of self/self-respect?
Name one quality you should look for in a healthy role model.
What is experience, honesty, integrity, resilience, consistency, a positive track record, etc.?
In the overheating-car metaphor, repeatedly adding water without fixing the broken radiator represents doing what?
What is treating the symptom instead of the root problem?
In the river metaphor, what does the dangerous current underneath the calm surface represent?
What is unresolved inner pain?
In today's metaphor, following directions from someone who has never been to the destination represents doing what?
What is letting people who do not know themselves determine your direction/identity?
In the street-performer metaphor, what happens when the performer focuses more on getting a reaction than doing what they truly value?
What is the crowd grows while the performer shrinks/loses themselves?
In the tree metaphor, what represents evidence that something is actually growing inside?
What is Fruit?
What question does today's lesson encourage you to ask before making another major change?
What is "Am I solving the real problem, or just the most uncomfortable symptom?"
According to today's lesson, lasting peace comes when your inside and outside begin moving in the same ______.
What is direction?
Name two examples of people or supports that may help someone develop a healthier sense of identity in recovery.
What are Therapists, Recovery Group, Mentor, Sponsor, Trusted Friend, etc.?
What is one healthy way a person can build self-worth from the inside instead of depending on other people's approval?
What is setting boundaries, living by values, therapy, recovery work, self-reflection, etc.?
Why can constantly comparing yourself to influencers or other people leave you feeling empty?
What is because you may begin living according to someone else's image, values, or expectations instead of your own?
Give one example of a "Surface Problem" and a possible deeper issue underneath it.
Answers Vary:
Substance use --> Trauma/Pain
Anger --> Fear/Hurt
Unhealthy relationships --> loneliness/self-worth
Avoidance -->Anxiety, etc.
Name 3 practices that can help someone address what is happening internally and strengthen recovery.
What are therapy, recovery groups, meditation, prayer/spirituality, journaling, honest community, counseling, self-reflection, etc.?