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Childhood reflection prompts

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Is there a money belief you got from your family that you didn't question until someone pushed back on it?

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How did my caregivers react to my questions about life death and the world and were they open or did they shut me down?

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Read a chapter tonight from a book or comic you loved when you were a kid.

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Did you have a favorite school lunch as a kid and would you still eat it now?

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What did lunchtime look like for you as a kid and is that anything like how you spend it now?

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How did my family handle celebrities or fame and what did that teach me about the value of being seen by the world?

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How did I handle losing something I believed was meant to be mine and what did that teach me about the nature of attachment?

Self-ReflectionChildhood

Write down one memory from when you were young that still makes you smile when it comes up.

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Write down one thing from your childhood neighborhood that you still look for in a place you live or visit.

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Write down one way your childhood made you better at something you do now and keep the note somewhere visible this week.

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Write down one thing you did today that your younger self would have thought was pretty cool.

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What is a way of thinking you learned in childhood that you still use to process your feelings?

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Do you think the way you were raised around money still affects how you handle it now?

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Is there a money belief you got from your family that you didn't question until someone pushed back on it?

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What's a funny memory from childhood that still cracks me up?

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What's a boundary I wish someone had modeled for me growing up?

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What emotion did I inherit from my environment growing up?

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Spend an hour doing something you loved as a child such as drawing, building, or playing a game.

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