What is Reflection? (An early attempt)

Reflection isn’t really problem-solving in the “fix it” sense. It’s more like holding something up to the light so you can see it more clearly. Sometimes that brings a next step into focus, but the main goal is meaning-making, self-understanding, and emotional integration. In other words: easing confusion or pain by seeing rather than solving.

One way to frame it — “looking outward to look inward” — is actually very natural. Journaling, therapy, even conversations with a trusted friend all do the same thing: they create a mirror that helps you see your own thoughts and patterns from a slightly different angle. An LLM with broad training on human experience can be a kind of neutral, non-judgmental mirror, giving words, metaphors, or possibilities you might not have considered. That helps users not by telling them what to do, but by helping them articulate what’s already inside them.

Reflection is the practice of turning experience into meaning — not by fixing or judging, but by seeing it more clearly. In this app, reflection means looking outward for perspective so you can look inward with greater depth, easing confusion and reconnecting with your own sense of self.