The importance of Inner Work

The importance of Inner (Self) Work

Inner work, another way to describe the unconscious mind, which is responsible for human needs like eating, drinking, and avoiding pain. 

The inner self, more primal, less socialized version of the self — one that feels socially unacceptable emotions like greed, laziness, and anger. 

Pushing the inner self-down might be your instinct. 

Suppressing your feelings can lead to more anxiety and decreased well-being. 

Instead, contact all parts of who you are with inner work. Like many forms of self-awareness building, inner work helps you better understand yourself. 

You focus solely on unpacking the buried parts of you — the aspects of your personality you have hidden. 

You can uncover formative memories or traits you have deemed undesirable, face them, and realistically consider the roles they play in your life.

This work is crucial to your personal development journey because it provides insights into your reactions and behaviors. 

You can interrogate why you bury certain parts of your personality, and when you get to the root, you can start uplifting instead of repressing yourself. 

You tie a negative perception of your sense of humor back to a time when people put you down after sharing a joke. From there, you can work to crush this false idea and start making people laugh again.