+500 resonate points on this one! Honestly it's my mission to make self-awareness cool!
I think with self-awareness you basically give yourself a mirror to help navigate the life you want to have. A lot of people walk on life without knowing who they are. Of course, our childhood positive and negative experiences shape who we are and our beliefs.
But as we grow and gain life experiences, our identity changes. And with self-awareness, we have the ability to observe and listen to where our behaviors and our dreams are pointing towards.
And without it, it may cause a lot of confusion and wondering your purpose and constantly trying to find yourself. You will waste so much time doing things that doesn't add value to your life instead of filling it with wisdom and rich experiences to show you truly lived.
I want to also point out that self-awareness is crucial in developing healthy and sustainable relationships. If you don't know who you are, your goals, and your small or big traumas. You will cause a lot of pain in relationships by letting the subconscious cause conflict and emotional debt.
So self-awareness is the key to heal, dream, and execute (my motto).
I'm also helping others to build self-awareness by reflecting their emotions in a fun and meaningful way at www.selfrell.com
Sharing wisdom to those who are curious minded as me, or I should say 'eternal learner'
That's so true about self-awareness being crucial in developing healthy and sustainable relationships! I got into many relationships in the past without knowing myself and that led to deeply unfulfilling relationships that ended quickly. But I learned about myself in the process—and that got me to where I am now!
This is such an interesting question! I’m curious how you would teach self-awareness. To me, it seems like a difficult thing to teach! How would you go about imparting that wisdom?
Hey Katie! Hmmm good question. I guess I'd ask them questions like "What emotions do you feel?" (so the child can name feelings rather than just ask "How are you feeling?"), and "Why did you do this/why do you want to do that?" (so the child can articulate their motivation), and "What is important to you?"/"How do you see yourself?" (so the child thinks about values and identity). Of course these questions would have to come at an age-appropriate stage, but this is the type of thing I'd ask. Maybe this would work?
How about you? How do you teach your child self -awareness and what skill do you deem most important to impart?
+500 resonate points on this one! Honestly it's my mission to make self-awareness cool!
I think with self-awareness you basically give yourself a mirror to help navigate the life you want to have. A lot of people walk on life without knowing who they are. Of course, our childhood positive and negative experiences shape who we are and our beliefs.
But as we grow and gain life experiences, our identity changes. And with self-awareness, we have the ability to observe and listen to where our behaviors and our dreams are pointing towards.
And without it, it may cause a lot of confusion and wondering your purpose and constantly trying to find yourself. You will waste so much time doing things that doesn't add value to your life instead of filling it with wisdom and rich experiences to show you truly lived.
I want to also point out that self-awareness is crucial in developing healthy and sustainable relationships. If you don't know who you are, your goals, and your small or big traumas. You will cause a lot of pain in relationships by letting the subconscious cause conflict and emotional debt.
So self-awareness is the key to heal, dream, and execute (my motto).
I'm also helping others to build self-awareness by reflecting their emotions in a fun and meaningful way at www.selfrell.com
Sharing wisdom to those who are curious minded as me, or I should say 'eternal learner'
That's so true about self-awareness being crucial in developing healthy and sustainable relationships! I got into many relationships in the past without knowing myself and that led to deeply unfulfilling relationships that ended quickly. But I learned about myself in the process—and that got me to where I am now!
This is such an interesting question! I’m curious how you would teach self-awareness. To me, it seems like a difficult thing to teach! How would you go about imparting that wisdom?
Hey Katie! Hmmm good question. I guess I'd ask them questions like "What emotions do you feel?" (so the child can name feelings rather than just ask "How are you feeling?"), and "Why did you do this/why do you want to do that?" (so the child can articulate their motivation), and "What is important to you?"/"How do you see yourself?" (so the child thinks about values and identity). Of course these questions would have to come at an age-appropriate stage, but this is the type of thing I'd ask. Maybe this would work?
How about you? How do you teach your child self -awareness and what skill do you deem most important to impart?
That distinction - “What emotions do you feel?” versus “How are you feeling?” Is an important one.