SEPTEMBER 16, 2026
13 QUESTIONS FOR DEEPER SELF HONESTY (and an invite)
Sweet Friend,
The relationship we have with ourselves directs the quality of our entire lives. In every department. Always. And YET, even with all the talk therapy, we might not see how we are relating to ourselves.
You could do a rapid fire and see what pops up (first thoughts can tell us a lot.) Or you could unpack one a day, savoured. I’ve got a lot of flights coming up, so I’ve put the questions on my phone and I’m going to journal on the plane.
NOTE: These questions are asking HOW YOU THINK OR ACT—not *why* you think or act in certain ways.
For example, with the questions “How do you hate yourself?” and “How do you love yourself?”… you’re not writing about the reasons that you hate or love yourself. You’re noticing the ways you think, speak, act out your self hatred and self love. Don’t get pulled into analyzing why you do what you do—just witness, with compassion. You’re making BEHAVIOUR OBSERVATIONS.
13 QUESTIONS FOR DEEPER SELF HONESTY
Everything is open to your interpretation.
1. How do you respect yourself?
2. How do you honour yourself?
3. How do you intentionally embrace the shadowy aspects of yourself?
4. How do you love yourself?
5. How do you hate yourself?
6. How do you berate yourself?
7. How do you let yourself down?
8. How do you qualify success and failure?
9. What virtues + values do you emphasize in yourself?
10. What qualities do you embody?
11. Do your thoughts, words and actions match each other?
12. How many ways do you harm yourself?
13. What old, habitual tendencies are you willing to dissolve?
You’re invited to…
PUBLISH—an insider session for content creators + marketers of all kinds
I’m in NYC this week to meet with my new publisher, Author’s Equity. And I’m heading into another mastermind with creators—course makers, journalists, cook book authors, communication specialists, mega sellers, online teachers. Communicating is my favourite.
My second favorite thing is helping people figure out how to communicate for a living. Writing. Publishing. Not publishing. Repurposing. Your programs. Your karma. The deals. The fine print. The AI. Your why. The how. I have so much to teach you.
And I have VERY current intel.
These people make me sound scary, but I’m actually a total love bug…
“Danielle LaPorte is scary smart, yet so kind and practical that she kindles the fire in you without causing you to feel consumed by the flames.”
– Martha Beck, author of The Way of Integrity
“Danielle’s business insight is laser sharp, brilliant, and blazing fast. She doesn’t waste a millisecond getting to the heart of what your issues are.”
– Lee-Anne Ragan, Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc., UN communications trainer
“…she’s equal parts poet and entrepreneurial badass.”
– Entrepreneur Magazine
Okay love, I’m streaming you joy and faith from a very tiny hotel room in mid-town NYC. I’m en route to Cleveland to speak at a conference for professional facilitators; then back for girl time upstate with my long timer, Terri Cole. Cappin’ off with a fancy author’s mastermind. And spending most nights reading about Theosophy. And Centered Planners are rolling out into the world and that makes my heart happy. Life is beautiful.
WITH LOVE,
COME TO THE EQUINOX MEDITATION THIS SUNDAY!!!
☯️ Sunday, September 20, 7am PT / 10am ET: FREE Equinox Group Meditation. Delicious light down pours, and it’s one of the best days of the year to set up or refresh your altar. NOTIFICATION LIST IS HERE
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Banff, BC, Oct 23: The Gathering
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