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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Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
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The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
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Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
That self-exploration inspired her latest album, Patterns.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Along with literary value, purposes instructors noted in choosing specific books included capturing particular moments in history, providing fodder for interesting class discussions and self-exploration, and simply being interesting and entertaining reading for students.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Mar. 2025
In her thirties, Mosley began a deep journey of self-exploration.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.
—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
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“Self-exploration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-exploration. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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