Coaching practices for Daily Reflection
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ll do this big thorough reflection once, feel great about it, and then not do it again for three weeks
- I reflect on my day and feel all these feelings about it, and then tomorrow plays out exactly the same
- I keep meaning to step back and take stock, but reflection always loses to whatever’s urgent
- My days just dissolve one into the next with no real reckoning
- When I look at how I actually behaved today I can only ever do one of two things
Practices that may help
- Keep it brief and daily
Do a short Examen most days rather than a long one occasionally.
The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day - Close with a resolve for tomorrow
End by choosing one concrete intention to carry into the next day.
The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day - The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day
The Examen is a short, structured evening review from the Ignatian tradition: you replay the day with gratitude and honest attention to where you felt drawn toward or away from your values, then carry one resolve into tomorrow. It is a centuries-old contemplative practice; its benefits are best described as mechanistically plausible and widely reported rather than established by controlled trials. - Build a weekly reflection ritual so the cycle runs regularly
Schedule a fixed reflection window so the four stages happen as a routine, not an afterthought.
Structured Reflection: Kolb’s Learning Cycle in Practice - The evening reckoning (examen)
Audit the day’s actions against your stated intentions — without self-punishment, just honest seeing.
The Stoic Daily Review - Look honestly at your responses
Face where you fell short and where you acted well, without spiraling into either.
The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day - The daily examen (end-of-day review)
Spend five minutes each evening reviewing where you were most and least true to yourself today.
Svadhyaya: Self-Study as a Daily Practice - Close with a forward-looking resolve
Choose one concrete intention to carry into tomorrow before closing the review.
The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review - Notice the feelings (consolation and desolation)
Pay attention to where you felt energized and connected versus drained and pulled away.
The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day - Become aware of God’s presence and give thanks
Open the review by pausing, settling, and naming specific gifts from the day.
The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
Related concerns
- Daily Reflection Practice
Do a short Examen most days rather than a long one occasionally.
Keep it brief and daily
- The Daily Examen Reviewing The Day When Overwhelmed
The Examen is a short, structured evening review from the Ignatian tradition: you replay the day with gratitude and honest attention to where you felt drawn toward or away from your values, then carry one resolve into tomorrow. It is a centuries-old contemplative practice; its benefits are best described as mechanistically plausible and widely reported rather than established by controlled trials.
- The Daily Examen Reviewing The Day When Starting Out
The Examen is a short, structured evening review from the Ignatian tradition: you replay the day with gratitude and honest attention to where you felt drawn toward or away from your values, then carry one resolve into tomorrow. It is a centuries-old contemplative practice; its benefits are best described as mechanistically plausible and widely reported rather than established by controlled trials.
- Weekly Reflection Habit
Schedule a fixed reflection window so the four stages happen as a routine, not an afterthought.
Build a weekly reflection ritual so the cycle runs regularly
- Brief Evening Reflection
End by choosing one concrete intention to carry into the next day.
Close with a resolve for tomorrow
- Daily Purpose Reflection
End by choosing one concrete intention to carry into the next day.
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