As a mental health professional, teaching self-awareness is one of the first things I do with new clients. It's a starting point for individuals to make important changes in their lives.
What is self-awareness?
Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals. (Wikipedia.org)
Self Awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. (pathwaytohappiness.com)
Being self-aware is knowing what you want in your life...what motivates you and makes you happy, what you want to change about yourself or about your life, your achievements so far, how you relate to others, what you need to improve as a person, your most important beliefs and values, and how you see yourself as a person. (more-selfesteem.com)
Why is self-awareness important?
As you develop self awareness you are able to make changes in the thoughts and interpretations you make in your mind. Changing the interpretations in your mind allows you to change your emotions. Self awareness is one of the attributes of Emotional Intelligence and an important factor in achieving success. (pathwaytohappiness.com)
If you want to change your life in any way you need to know yourself before you can act. You need to know what you need to do to head in the right direction and you can't do that until you know yourself. Self awareness can enrich your life because you can then move closer to living your values and realizing your dreams. (more-selfesteem.com)How to develop self-awareness:
This link at zerotothree.org provides ways you can help your toddler become self-aware.
Pre-school children will enjoy drawing about themselves.
I provide worksheets that prompt the school-age children to practice introspection.
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