Self Talk 2: Asking Yourself the Hard Questions

Self Talk 1 was about awareness — learning to notice the voice in your head and recognize that it is not the same thing as you. Self Talk 2 goes further. Awareness has a limit, and past that limit is inquiry: the hard questions most people avoid their entire lives.

This is not a book you read once and put on a shelf. It is a book you use — built to be written in, argued with, and returned to. Inside are thirty hard questions across the six pillars of C.I.M.I.A.M:

- Clarity — "Who Am I Really?"

- Intention — "What Do I Actually Want?"

- Movement — "What's Stopping Me (And Is It Real)?"

- Implementation — "Am I Willing to Change?"

- Accountability — "What Am I Avoiding?"

- Monument — "What Legacy Am I Building?"

Each question comes with what it's really asking and the rules for answering honestly: ask to learn, not to convict; stay longer than is comfortable; the first answer is usually the defense. Appendices gather the questions into a quick reference guide and conversation starters for accountability partners.

Ask gently. Ask honestly. Ask again.

Books that give back: CIMIAM donates 10% of every paid sale — 5% to the Prison Book Program and 5% to Freedom Reads, putting books into the hands of readers in prison.