The Life Talk Topics section is comprised currently of both Life Talk Topics and Mini Writing Workshops.
This section of the site focuses on journaling and self-reflecting on these topics. The worksheets for these workshops are available as a complete downloadable document. Feel free to download the full document at the end of this page and complete one or more sheets.
Please note that each tab on this site might also house a (writing) workshop component. A full writing workshop based on the Overcoming Setback Workbook is forthcoming. The full writing workshop will complement Life Talk Topics and Mini Writing Workshops.
Audio Lessons
Audios under Life Talk Topics address areas of living that require not only deep self-reflection, but also extensive planning. Here are Life Talk Topics audio lectures.
The Drunk Driver Never Gets Killed
Journal the risks you have taken and the impact that they have had on your life academically, professionally, and personally.
What did you learn? ___________________________________
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When They Pull at You to Pull Back
People who pull at you to pull back think they are superior.
Journal your feelings about how a friend/family member/romantic partner sees you.
What do you think about the person? _________________________
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Why People are Angry
Journal why you may be angry.
Does your anger have anything to do with something you have not completed?
What is your plan for resolving anger? ________________________
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Getting Offended Reveals Your Weakness
How long do you spend talking about your pain?
Journal the different times in your life that people have ignored you or ignored your pain.
How did you resolve the issue? ____________________________
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Not Everyone is Hurt Over Losing You
Journal why you believe someone would be hurt over losing you.
What would they lose if the person no longer had access to you?
Do you care? ______________________________________
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Take Inventory of You
Life is filled with complexities and stresses. We often do not take the time we need for rest.
Where are you suffering burnout? ___________________________
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Journal the cause of burnout. _____________________________
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Life is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Think about the times you got into something using hurry.
What was the thing you tried to make work? Why were you in a hurry? _____
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Assess your hurry. ____________________________________
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Procrastination 101, A Survey
In Composition, we outline before writing an essay. We can outline our first thoughts on a topic. We can outline how we will distribute sources. Outlining is useful.
Therefore, outline your procrastination. Place these moments into different categories.
How useful was this exercise for you? ________________________
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Where do you need to change? _____________________________
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Mini Writing Workshops
The topics under the Mini Writing Workshops are available as audio lessons, which you can find under the tab “Special Topics.” Click on the tab to listen to those audio lessons.
Workshop: Some People Can Get You Killed
Think about some of the people in your life who have put you in danger.
Are you still willing to keep them in your life? ____________________
If yes or no, why? ____________________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Respect Your “No”
Given today’s climate where “no” is difficult to maintain, how do you plan on respecting your own no?
Are you still offering “No” but with explanation? __________________
Consider these questions as you contemplate changes in your life.
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Stop Parenting Your Man
When did you begin parenting your man? ______________________
What was the precipitating event? __________________________
Did parenting your man make him better? ______________________
Are you still parenting your man? ___________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Don’t Let Him Move In
Moving in someone means moving in their belief systems as well as their attitudes towards you, good or bad.
Have you ever moved in a man? ____________________________
If yes, how long did it take you to move him out? __________________
Would you ever move in another man? ________________________
Consider these questions as you write.
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: I’m Not Going Your Way
What are your core values? _______________________________
What do you believe? __________________________________
What do you hope to accomplish in life? _______________________
Consider these questions as you write.
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Not Everyone is Built for a Relationship
Do you need to be in a relationship? _________________________
Do you want to be in a relationship? _________________________
Consider these questions as you contemplate whether a relationship is right for you.
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Dealing with Relationship Failure
Whether a relationship is on a break or is clearly broken up, it is still considered a failure.
People often enter a rebound relationship out of a need not to feel the failure.
What do you think about relationship failure? ____________________
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Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: I’m Too Special for a Dating Rotation
The new dating trend is the adoption of dating rotations. Both men and women use this short-term mating strategy.
Men often rate the women they are dating, married to, or using in a dating rotation.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think your boyfriend/husband rate you? ____
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Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: I’m Too Special for a Shacking Situation
Shacking, living together, and cohabitation is the norm today. It is not the exception to the rule anymore. It is the rule.
Do you believe romantic partners should shack until they are 80 years old? ___
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Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: The Woman Who Says She Should Have Cheated
To cheat means to exit.
Do you believe cheating is effective for exiting a romantic relationship? ____
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When You Hold Down a Cheater
Taking responsibility for someone’s responsibility is taxing on the mind and the body.
At what point do you think you will let go of the responsibility? _________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When He Uses Your Money
When you let someone use your money, you encourage a belief system that money only has value when you’re letting someone use it.
Who in your life is using your money to fund their lifestyle? ___________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When You Play Yourself
One of the hardest things to do is to accept the fact that you mishandled yourself with your partner.
It is not the people who play us. We play ourselves.
How do you feel about this statement? ________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When You Meet Your Snake
Snakes come in all shapes and sizes.
The presence of a snake or snakes is a crossroad moment. Snakes suggest that you make a choice either to settle or move forward.
Who is a snake in your life? ______________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: The One Who Got Away
Sometimes indifference towards someone who is showing you consistent love is the hardest thing to grapple with once you understand yourself and your decisions.
Who was the one person who got away? _______________________
Did you let them go? __________________________________
Did they let you go? ___________________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: Why Relationships Fail
Relationships fail simply because each person is operating with a different goal in mind.
One person in the relationship has a goal of short-term and the other partner has a goal of long-term. Not everyone believes in marriage and staying longer than two years in a relationship.
How did your relationship fail? ____________________________
What were some of the reasons you gave and he gave? _______________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When You Burn Out
If you’re suffering from burn out, it is likely that you have been fighting the wrong battles on top of the right battles necessary for your journey.
Are you fighting other people’s battles? _______________________
How does your mind, heart, body, and money respond? ______________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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Workshop: When Rest is Needed after Breakup
People believe that the only way to get over someone or a breakup is to get another person or enter into a rebound relationship.
Rest is needed after a breakup.
What do you think? ___________________________________
Journal your response. _________________________________
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