What defines you? When someone asks us this question, the first thing that comes to mind is often our character traits: humor, ambition, modesty. With a systemic portrait, you describe yourself as part of the social network to which you belong. An exercise in self-knowledge:
What you need for this exercise:
This is how the exercise works:
1. Take a large sheet of paper and pens. In the middle write “I” in capital letters. You can also paint a picture, a sign or simply use a color that suits you
2. First, think about the different environments in which you are integrated. This can be, for example, your family, i.e. your children, partner, parents
3. But also your job, i.e. the superiors, colleagues, customers with whom you often have contact. Not to forget, of course, your circle of friends, acquaintances from the sports club or perhaps the church community in which you are active
4. Draw all of these people around you. The closer they are to you, the closer they should be to the center of the sheet. You can use arrows and symbols to show people’s relationships to you and each other
5. There are no limits to your creativity here. Also work with different colors. Maybe a bright red for the neighbor you’re always arguing with? And maybe you want to shade your family environment in a cozy, warm brown
6. The people we have contact with and how we relate to them say a lot about us. We can learn a lot about ourselves when we focus on others
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