self-exploration
noun
self-ex·plo·ra·tion
ˌself-ˌek-splə-ˈrā-shən 
-ˌsplȯ-
: the examination and analysis of one's own unrealized spiritual or intellectual capacities
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The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
In a 2022 interview with Art Plugged, Cunningham explained her art as a form of self-exploration.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
However, because Woodley had prior plans to travel to India on a journey of self-exploration, her involvement in the project was initially going to be delayed.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Chock full of exercises designed to take readers on a journey of self-exploration, Klein serves as leader of the expedition into what makes people better leaders.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In Babygirl, Dickinson stars as Samuel, a corporate intern who embarks on a mutually pleasurable journey of self-exploration through dom/sub dynamics with his female CEO, Romy (Nicole Kidman).
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
The new movement focuses on personal choice and the benefits of self-exploration rather than applying strict rules of complete sobriety.
—Adam Holm, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
In a 2022 interview with Art Plugged, Cunningham explained her art as a form of self-exploration.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
However, because Woodley had prior plans to travel to India on a journey of self-exploration, her involvement in the project was initially going to be delayed.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Chock full of exercises designed to take readers on a journey of self-exploration, Klein serves as leader of the expedition into what makes people better leaders.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In Babygirl, Dickinson stars as Samuel, a corporate intern who embarks on a mutually pleasurable journey of self-exploration through dom/sub dynamics with his female CEO, Romy (Nicole Kidman).
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
The new movement focuses on personal choice and the benefits of self-exploration rather than applying strict rules of complete sobriety.
—Adam Holm, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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