The 5 Elements of Self-Awareness

Positive self-talk makes you feel good about yourself and the things that are going on in your life. It’s like having an optimistic voice in your head that always looks on the bright side. Negative self-talk tends to make people pretty miserable and can even impact on their recovery from mental health difficulties.

That’s much easier said than done, but here are several ways to help halt negative thoughts and self-talk:

1. Breathe.
2. Acknowledge It.
3. Consider The Cause.
4. Stop Expecting Perfection.
5. Surround Yourself With Positivity.
6. Build A Routine.
7. Make A Conscious Choice To Silence Those Thoughts.

• Self-Concept. Your self-concept is your perception of you.
• Thoughts. Our thoughts are tied to our emotions, so when we try to become more aware of our emotions, we must first understand our thoughts and thought processes.
• Feelings. How do you feel when you say things about yourself?
• Body.
• Emotions.

Self-concept is a developing part of you that changes throughout your lifetime. Cognitive abilities related to self-concept vary in each person and contribute to the way a person reacts to situations and tasks. Self-concept consists of four main elements: perceived self, ideal self, self-esteem, and social identity….

Four Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence. Self-Awareness, which consists of emotional self-awareness, self-confidence, and accurate self-evaluation. Social Awareness, which consists of empathy, service orientation, and organizational awareness.

Imagine your self-care in four key dimensions of well-being: mind (mental/psychological), body (physical), heart (emotional), and spirit (spiritual/essence). You might picture yourself walking around a circle that has four quadrants, and stopping in each one to reflect on it….

This model is a developmental model of three basic dimensions of self: biological self (starting when an infant first feels the need for food and warmth), social self (starting when an infant begins to perceive persons other than self), and temporal self (starting when an adolescence’s thoughts and aspirations for the …

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Your self is your sense of who you are, deep down — your identity. When you let someone else know you well, you reveal your true self to them. If the subject of your thoughts is you, you’re thinking about your self — or, alternately, yourself.

Fundamental to biology are (1) defining the characteristics of identity, which distinguish individual organisms from those of similar kind, and (2) describing the mechanisms that defend organisms from their predators. Immunology is the science devoted to these problems….

Unfolding the Biological Self This module focuses on two important representations of the self : the physical and sexual self. This specifically discusses the characteristics and the factors that shape and influence our physical attributes.