Reconnect With Yourself: Why Self Awareness Changes Everything
This Saturday, 14 June, marks Global Wellness Day—a global moment of pause and reflection. It’s an annual reminder that our health and wellbeing deserve time, attention, and care. That beyond productivity and daily responsibilities, how we feel, about ourselves, our lives, and our relationships, matters.
This year’s theme is #ReconnectMagenta, encouraging us to reconnect across five powerful dimensions:
- 🌿 With Nature – Spending time outdoors, slowing down, and appreciating the world around us
- 🧘 With Self – Taking time to reflect, tune in, and truly listen to our inner experience
- 💬 With Family & Friends – Being present and intentional with our closest relationships
- 🏘️ With Community – Giving back and feeling a sense of shared purpose
- 🧠 With Longevity – Prioritising mental, physical, and emotional health for the long term
At the heart of all these areas lies one essential foundation: reconnecting with self.
Why Knowing Who You Are is the Gateway to Wellbeing
One of the most overlooked but powerful pathways to personal wellbeing is self-awareness.
When we start to notice and recognise our internal patterns, like our thoughts, emotional reactions, and habitual behaviours, we begin to understand what’s really driving us. We see the beliefs we’ve inherited, the stories we tell ourselves, and the ways we often react on autopilot. That awareness alone is transformative. Because the moment we can observe a pattern, we gain the power to change it.
Self-awareness affects everything from how we handle stress to how confident we feel in everyday life. Without it, we often internalise stress, take things personally, or fall into old coping strategies that no longer serve us. But with even a little awareness, we can begin to pause, take a breath, and respond more intentionally. We start to feel more grounded and less at the mercy of external circumstances.
Understanding the nature of our own experience – realising that our thoughts aren’t always facts, and that emotions can come and go like waves can completely shift how we relate to challenges. We begin to feel less overwhelmed and more resourced. Instead of being pulled into every stressful situation, we develop a sense of space and perspective. That space gives you choice in how you respond.
And within that choice, you’ll find clarity and resilience. Not the kind that comes from pushing through or toughing it out, but a quieter, more sustainable strength that lives within you. It becomes easier to let go of what’s not working, to bounce back from setbacks, and to trust yourself again.
Ultimately, self-awareness opens the door to creating a life that feels more aligned with your values, your needs, and your true self. It’s not about becoming someone new, it’s about coming home to who you really are underneath the noise.
A Practical Way to Explore This Further
Wellbeing isn’t just about what we do, it’s about how we feel, how we connect, and how we understand ourselves. This Global Wellness Day, I invite you to take a quiet moment and ask yourself:
Underneath it all – Who am I?
And if that question stirs something in you, you’re not alone. Sometimes, that’s exactly where the transformation begins. If you’d like to explore this further with your team, to celebrate Global Wellness Day, we’re offering £95 off one of our most transformative coaching workshops:
🧭 Foundations of Wellbeing: Know Yourself
This 60-minute, coach-led session is a safe, reflective space to explore how self-awareness shapes your mindset, behaviours, and relationships. It offers practical tools to help you build a healthier relationship with yourself, one that’s rooted in clarity, confidence, and emotional wellbeing.
This offer is available until the end of June for bookings taking place in July & August.
