self-realization

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Recent Examples of self-realization The book’s alternate realities abound with traps and secrets that trouble the main character’s quest for self-realization. Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024 Harris is remaking the sense of freedom from the negative freedom of overcoming constraints to the positive freedom of self-realization and achievement. Richard Stengel, TIME, 17 Aug. 2024 The leadership-in-flow model focuses on activating your inner core—your best self—by tapping into five energies: purpose, wisdom, growth, love, and self-realization. Hitendra Wadhwa, Harvard Business Review, 17 Feb. 2024 As the story unfolds, viewers are drawn into the world of creativity and introspection, witnessing the journey towards self-realization and fulfillment of aspirations, all while navigating the intricate dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-realization 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-realization
Noun
  • Her journey to save her father and fulfill her dream is filled with adventure and self-discovery delivered in vibrant CG animation.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Torn between two very different suitors, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), Bridget’s journey of self-discovery and romance is funny and endearing.
    Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Thus, Mill’s central political concern was not how to create order out of chaos but how to ensure that the beneficiaries of order could achieve self-fulfillment.
    John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
  • Deserving Self-Fulfillment The final justification, cited by 13 participants, was that their affairs were a form of deserving self-fulfillment.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In her interpretation, these songs become transcendent, soul-shattering meditations on life and loss.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Combined with practices like mindfulness meditation, yoga, and massage therapy, retreats help participants significantly lower stress levels.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • There’s still room for some introspection, though, as the sun’s ingress into Pisces on Feb. 18 activates your 12th house of healing, surrender and unconscious patterns.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Art therapy workshops harness the power of painting, pottery, or calligraphy to reduce anxiety and promote introspection in a glass-walled greenhouse.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This is followed by solitary Bible study and contemplation.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • At the other end of Eilean Mòr, past a mossy Celtic cross standing like a lighthouse at the island’s tallest point, Sandy showed us the Cave of Saint Cormac, its opening hardly more than four feet high, where eighth-century monks used to retreat for periods of secluded contemplation.
    Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The characters are not wholly irredeemable, and some do arrive through meditation and self-reflection at meaningful answers about their compulsions, even as others remain unwilling to consider such questions about their motivations (and how their actions affect other people).
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Vision boarding for a new love should also be around self-reflection.
    Essence, Essence, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In a race that has been marked more by the similarity of the front-runners — Ben from Wisconsin and Ken from Minnesota — than any serious clash over vision or ideology, this felt more like a gentle pep rally than soul-searching at the crossroads.
    Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The soul-searching that Edwards did in the wake of that Boston loss has led to a scoring explosion from him of late.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

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