self-reflectionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌself.rɪˈflek.ʃən//ˌself.rɪˈflek.ʃən/the activity of thinking about your own feelings and behaviour, and the reasons that may lie behind them:
He seems to be incapable of self-reflection.
It is only in quiet moments of self-reflection that we can really address such problems.