Therapy can be expensive. Growing up, I never had the luxury to afford that. I only really started doing the real inner work on myself after my first relationship ended last year in June 2024. It ended in betrayal, tears, anger, and trauma. I thought to myself back then, how could I possibly have allowed and tolerated so much and still stayed? I was left wondering about so many things, and what parts of me accepted it. I started journaling more than I had ever done before. You know that saying, how being in a relationship is like putting a mirror to your face? It’s so true.
It reflects your deepest wounds, fears, and insecurities. Not to shame you, but to show you where healing is needed. What you deny in yourself will often appear in your partner. Love doesn’t just reveal who the other person is. It reveals you.
With the ever-evolving space of AI as the world rapidly changes, I thought to myself, why can’t I use AI to boost my self-development and desire to know myself more? Why not use ChatGPT to stop spiraling, overthinking, self-doubting, and being stuck in old patterns so that I can become the best version of myself and attract healthy, loving relationships?
So one night, in a quiet moment of reflection in my bed, I opened ChatGPT on my phone and typed:
“Can you help me understand why sometimes I feel like I’m not enough?”
What came back surprised me. And changed everything.
Now, before you roll your eyes, no, AI isn’t a real therapist. But what I found was that ChatGPT gave me something I didn’t expect:
A non-judgmental space that made me comfortable spilling everything I wanted to say from my heart.
Powerful questions that made me reflect on my values, desires, and goals in life.
Reframes that helped me challenge my beliefs and why I thought in certain ways.
And prompts that opened doors inside me I hadn’t explored in years.
For example, how my people-pleasing behaviour stemmed from my school environment in my childhood, where I felt like I was only valuable if I catered to other people’s wants and needs. Even if I was being inauthentic to myself. I asked ChatGPT to pretend it was Carl Jung (a Swiss Psychologist, best known for his research in personality, dream analysis and the human psyche). I explained my childhood in such detail. And it was able to analyze exactly where each of my limiting thoughts and patterns stemmed from. I was shocked.
So here are some below you can use; they are very Carl Jung-inspired, as I do look up to him and his books a lot…
💬 The 7 ChatGPT Prompts That Changed My Inner World
1. “Act like a Jungian therapist. I keep chasing validation. Help me explore what part of me is driving this and why I feel it’s never enough.”
Use this to uncover childhood wounds and unmet emotional needs.
2. “Help me identify the voice of my inner critic. Where might it come from and how can I respond with compassion instead of shame?”
Use this to separate your truth from inherited self-talk.
3. “I want to do shadow work. Ask me questions to explore the parts of myself I hide, reject, or suppress and what they’re trying to teach me.”
Get ChatGPT to act as a safe, non-judgmental mirror.
4. “Help me trace the origin of this belief: ‘I’m not good enough.’ What early experiences or relationships may have shaped this belief and how can I reframe it?”
This prompt is powerful for reparenting and breaking unconscious patterns.
5. “I tend to sabotage opportunities. Help me reflect: What fear or old story might be driving this pattern, and how can I shift it?”
For limiting beliefs linked to fear of success or unworthiness.
6. “Guide me through an inner child visualization. Ask me questions to connect with my younger self and offer them what they needed.”
A Jungian way to reconnect with innocence, creativity, and healing.
7. “If I want to evolve into my highest self, what aspects of my current identity must I let go of and what new beliefs should I embrace?”
Jung called this individuation, or becoming whole.
I didn’t expect AI to feel this human. But the truth is… healing doesn’t always happen in a therapist’s office. Sometimes it starts with one brave question. Sometimes it starts alone, at 1am, when you’re finally ready to meet yourself and get deep into tackling all those inner child wounds that need to be brought to the surface.
Now I am understanding myself even more everyday. Every night I ask myself what I did well and what I can improve on for the next day, and remind myself that any limiting beliefs I have on my life and success is only my perception.
Perception shapes belief and I should always choose to grow and dream big, become limitless and be fearless in becoming the woman I want to be. As you may already know, I am an entreprenuer currently in London, and having my own business and being my own boss has been one of the toughest and most enlightening self-improvement journey I could ever undertake.
Honeestly, it’s funny how I ended up being an entreprenuer. I was always the shy, quiet kid in school, but here I am. Crazy how life turns out in ways you wouldn’t imagine.
I hope with my continual use with AI, I can learn to better understand myself more and how I can tackle the parts of me that still need help. I also do suggest to sometimes sit in your own thoughts, meditate and see what you can uncover about yourself without the use of AI. Since balance is key and as insightful as AI is, we should also use our brain as well.
Love
Wendy
Whispers of Becoming 
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