Choose Your Return
I N S T R U C T I O N S
COMPANION PROMPTS
There are three categories in your Return to Self:
Return
Repair
Reorient
You can move through them in a few ways:
3 days → one from each category, one per day (as intended)
3 days → one full category each day (an immersion)
21 days → complete them all, one per day (for integration)
A Quiet Approach
Write a little, or not at all.
Stay with the first answer.
Let it be simple.
Some people find a devoted time and space works well.
Others appreciate flexibility.
Honor what serves you best.
RETURN (See Clearly)
Choose one:
How are you, really?
Where do you feel most disconnected?
What are you carrying that no one sees?
What feels off, even if things look fine?
When do you feel most like yourself—and least?
What have you been pushing through?
What does belonging mean to you?
In nature:
Step outside. Pause. Notice.
This can include physical (sound, sight, sensation, smell, taste) or emotional observation.
Are there any natural parallels or complimentary expressions of your state and the environment?
REPAIR (Regulate, Relate Honestly)
Choose one.
What does safety feel like in your body?
*(this is sometimes accessible by first defining what lack of safety feels like)
Where are you overextending. Why?
What are you needing that you don’t have?
Where is resentment building?
What would honesty feel like without pressure?
Who or what helps you feel grounded?
What relationship needs more truth?
In nature:
Find a place in nature that has experienced rupture (a broken tree limb, a crack in dry dirt, a river around rocks). Be with it. Be with yourself. Journal your reflections.
REORIENT (Finding New North)
Choose one.
If this was your last season on Earth, what actually matters right now?
What are you ready to stop carrying?
What decision have you been avoiding?
If you woke up with certain direction, what would alignment look like tomorrow?
What is one small action to tend yourself today?
What rhythm would support you best?
What does belonging feel like right now?
In nature:
Find a space in nature and envision a plant or animal—local, imagined, or non-native. What are the qualities of its evolution? What parallels can you infer in your life?