Broken Love

Prompt: Begin to think about epiphanies you’ve had in your life that you might want to examine and analyze further as we move forward in this class. You might want to look back at the “experiences” journal from week 3 to get the ball rolling. For this journal, come up with a list of possible epiphanies to examine, and offer a blurb/description for each one. As I have processed my life and the moments of illumination and change, they didn’t fall from the sky and change life in a moment, they were born out of much personal reflection and intentional growth. Each of these moments required action on my part in a moment, or over a long period of time. Maybe that’s all an epiphany really is. There are moments in life that we forever look back on realizing that they changed our view point, beliefs, or how we see ourselves and the world. What really matters is how our lives change after these moments happen. On either side of this realization there is an action: how we got there and what w

Prompt: Week 4 Journal Entry: Exploring Retroactive Imagined Interactions For your only journal this week, you need to examine one of your Imagined Interactions from this week, a recurring Imagined Interaction that you have, or an Imagined Interaction that you mull/ruminate/brood on and answer the following questions for this journal: " Which II did you choose? Is it a one-time II, or is it a recurring II? Describe the imagined interaction. " How does/did the II play out? It is overall a positive II or a negative II? " How do you portray yourself in this II? For example: Are you bolder in the II than in real life? Why do you portray yourself this way in the II? " How is the II different than you in real life? How is it the same? " Do you see evidence of your mindset in this imagined interaction? One of my recurring Imagined Interactions is of the next time I get to see my friends in Afghanistan. I have been trying to learn Dari so that I can more easil

Hope and bitterness, Strength and fear, Wisdom and pain, Trust and hurt. Why can't emotions be logical? Can't the story emotions tell be true? Why is it one or the other? Can't it just be what it is? Spinning and clarity, Hopelessness and peace, Anger and joy, Control and abandon. Where is the grace in this truth? Will I ever truly be safe? Where will the tornado drop me? Will I ever truly find hope in love? Warm and numb, Rooted and lost, Souring and crashing, Living and disappearing. When will it all make sense? How will the pieces fit together? When will I feel strong again? How will I continue to trust? War and adventure, Empty and fulfilled, Afraid and safe, Confused and solid. None of this is logical. None of this is approved. None of this is easy. None of this is loveable. I need warmth. I need acceptance. I need support. I need love. I'm left out here on my own. No one cares to understand. I just need to figure it

Which mindset do you have? Answer these questions about intelligence. Read each statement and decide whether you mostly agree with it or disagree with it: 1. Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can't change very much. Mostly Disagree 2. You can learn new things, but you can't really change how intelligent you are. Mostly Disagree 3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a lot. Mostly Agree 4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are. Mostly agree Also answer these questions about personality using the same "mostly agree" or "mostly disagree" answers: 1. You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that. Mostly Disagree 2. No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially. Mostly Agree 3. You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can't really be changed. Mostly Disagree 4.

Prompt: While we will have ups and downs over the course of time, think about whether or not your self-talk has been predominantly negative or positive over the course of your life. Really reflect on what you can recall of your self talk in the past, and think about the self talk you have with yourself on a daily basis now to answer this question. Once you've got an idea of if you're more positive or negative in your self-talk, think about why it's that way. Can you identify any influences or contributing factors that make you more positive/negative? What are they and how did they specifically impact your self talk? Identify two or three significant life experiences that you think may have impacted your self-talk and made it what it is today. MAKE SURE TO LINK TO AT LEAST 3 CONCEPTS FROM THE MATERIAL ON SELF-TALK IN THE SCREEN-CASTS & POWERPOINT FOR THIS WEEK! Consider what voices in your past and present have impacted your inner voice. Use this journal to capture a sna