Week 4: The Protector Within
Writing Prompt: Write from the voice of the part of you that developed to protect you. Description: Every wound creates a protector. This week helps participants understand that their coping mechanisms were once survival tools—not flaws. Shadow Questions: 1. How has this part of me helped me survive? 2. In what ways is it now holding me back? 3. What is this part of me afraid will happen if it lets go? Associated Emotion: ➡️ Fear Affirmations: • I honor the parts of me that protected me. • I am safe to grow beyond survival patterns.