The Process for an Awakened Life

The Process: Building Wellbeing and Growing Into Your Awakened Life

What if I told you there was a gentle, intentional process through which you could get to know yourself more completely — and through that knowing, live a more awakened, enlivened, and self-supporting life?

When you begin to truly understand yourself — your thoughts, emotions, desires, patterns, and inner world — something powerful happens. You become better informed. You begin to make choices that support you rather than deplete you. You start to live in closer alignment with your authentic wishes and dreams.

This is the heart of The Process.

Why Self-Knowing Changes Everything

By actively choosing to be more present for yourself, you forge a deeper understanding of who you are at your core. You begin to recognise both your strengths and your vulnerabilities, not as flaws to fix, but as essential parts of your life journey.

Through lived experience — when met with curiosity and compassion — personal growth becomes nourishing rather than exhausting. Expansion becomes something you grow into, rather than something you force.

We expand and evolve through:

• Intentional introspection

• Self-reflection

• Journaling

• Meditation

• Intentional self-activation

As we become more grounded in who we are individually, we naturally contribute more consciously to the world around us. This inner work creates outward ripples — touching our relationships, our communities, and the wider world.

A Threshold Moment in Your Life

If you are at a place in your life where you are seeking deeper meaning, clarity, or alignment — or simply striving to become a more conscious version of yourself — this process offers a supportive way forward.

This workbook and journal were created to guide you through that journey.

As the title suggests, this work is about learning how to build wellbeing and grow into your fully awakened life. It begins with one conscious decision: choosing to explore experiences that support your growth and expansion.

That choice — to begin — is the first and most important step.

Choosing to Work With Yourself

Growing into the best version of yourself requires a deliberate choice to step into self-responsibility.

This does not mean self-blame or harsh self-discipline. It means gently taking responsibility for your thoughts, emotions, actions, and behaviours — without turning away from the parts of yourself that feel uncomfortable to face.

Instead of avoidance, the process invites you to:

• Take one aspect of yourself at a time

• Explore it with openness and honesty

• Allow it to become renewed, softened, and integrated

True growth asks us to make peace with the past, release old emotional baggage, and consciously create a clean slate from which to move forward. It is also about embracing all aspects of yourself — both conscious and subconscious — and learning how to work with them rather than against them.

Living With Greater Intention

As you adapt to this new way of being, intentionality becomes central.

Being intentional is about setting a stall for yourself — choosing to act in ways that genuinely benefit you. It means holding yourself accountable with kindness, seeking self-affirming pathways forward, and aligning your actions with the outcomes you desire.

Intentional living is what allows you to truly know yourself.

It begins with a willingness to commit to the process — not perfectly, but consistently.

Intentional Introspection and Self-Reflection

Intentional introspection is the conscious willingness to go beneath the surface of who you are.

It asks you to reflect on:

• What is currently working in your life

• What feels misaligned or ready for change

• What you truly want to grow into

This is a return of focus — away from what others are doing, and back toward your own inner landscape. Your whys. Your hows. Your how-comes.

This is where your journey truly begins.

Through this process, you clear your mental decks. You choose what to release, what to keep, and what no longer serves you. You are offered a blank slate — clean paper and a pen — to consciously write a new chapter for your life.

Developing a Self-Reflective State of Mind

At the core of this process is the cultivation of a self-reflective state of mind.

Self-reflection is a powerful skill that enables meaningful, self-empowering change. It allows you to understand your emotional states, recognise patterns, and consciously choose how you respond rather than react.

Key elements of a self-reflective practice include:

• Journaling your thoughts and intentions

• Making time for meditation that feels authentic to you

• Processing emotions with awareness and compassion

• Allowing feelings to ebb away rather than become stored

• Identifying actions that support your ongoing growth

This is where intentional self-activation comes to life.

The Role of Journaling and Meditation

Journaling and meditation are the foundational rituals that support this work.

Together, they form a declaration of state — a regular commitment to yourself.

Meditation brings thoughts, feelings, and insights to the surface. It creates space for release and inner wisdom.

Journaling gives form to what arises. It clears mental clutter, helps you process emotional states, and allows you to focus on what truly matters.

There is no right or wrong place to begin. You start where you feel most drawn. Over time, you naturally discover which rituals and routines support you most deeply.

The Process in Practice

The process I have found most beneficial unfolds as follows:

1. Create intentional “you” time
Choose a time and space that feels nurturing. Even 20 minutes is enough.

2. Reflect and check in
Notice your thoughts and emotional states with honesty and compassion.

3. Meditate
Allow thoughts and emotions to flow in and out. Release what no longer needs to be held.

4. Journal
Write before and after meditation to process insights, emotions, and clarity.

5. Identify self-activation steps
Choose one small, meaningful action that supports your growth.

6. Optional: work with oracle cards
Use intuitive guidance to support focus, reflection, and direction if this resonates with you.

A Judgement-Free Journey

This is not a process of judgement or criticism.

It is a curious, compassionate, and valuing exploration of who you are.

As you work through this process, you begin to flex and strengthen your introspection and reflection capacities. Over time, you become deeply attuned to how best to support yourself — day by day.

Before you know it, you become your own guide.

Your Next Step

Choose to begin wherever feels right for you.

This process is here to support you in nurturing a more empowered, awakened state of being — one built on awareness, intention, and self-trust.

If you would like additional support as you explore this journey, I would be very happy to walk alongside you.

You can connect with me on Instagram at @mldevitt or email me at ml@mldevitt.com.

Wellbeing grows from within.