soul-searching

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Probing introspection, a critical consideration of one's own state

You’d better do some serious soul-searching before you decide to leave her.

a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Soul-searching is a long and careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, especially when you are trying to make a difficult moral decision or thinking about something that has gone wrong. My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life. careful examination of your thoughts and feelings because you are very worried about whether or not it is right to do something
1. (noun) close examination of one's emotions and motives. 2. (adjective) characterized by such examination