Why Look Inward?
Knowing your own feelings, values, strengths, and biases.
What is self-knowledge / self-awareness?
The term for the family you grew up in.
What is "Family of Origin"?
This stage of life includes learning trust and independence.
What are tasks of childhood?
Knowing about life stages helps you do this for people older or younger than you.
What is relate / empathize?
The family you grew up in
What is Family of Origin?
Self-awareness helps you avoid doing this unintentionally when talking to others.
What is imposing your views / values?
Examples include "Don't talk back" or "Family business stays private."
What are (unspoken) family rules?
The current stage for most high school students.
What is adolescence?
Understanding your family background helps you understand these today.
What are your reactions?
Knowing your own feelings, values, strengths, and biases
What is self-knowledge / self-awareness?
Helping others can bring up these from your own life.
What are past experiences or feelings?
Examples include "the peacemaker," "the funny one," or "the responsible one."
What are family roles?
The key task of adolescence
What is figuring out your identity / "Who am I?"?
The "Key Idea" listed in our discussion warns that unresolved issues can get in the way of doing this effectively.
What is helping others?
Unspoken guides for behavior learned in a family
What are family rules?
These personal issues can get in the way of helping others effectively.
What are unresolved issues?
These ways of relating, coping, and communicating often carry over into friendships and work.
What are patterns?
Examples include starting high school, moving, or getting a new job.
What are life transitions?
"Your family of origin is a..."
What is a powerful influence?
Key moments of adjustment and growth, like starting high school
What are transitions?
Besides understanding others and communicating clearly, self-awareness helps you do this when helping someone through tough times.
What is managing your own reactions?
Understanding family patterns gives us this about how we want to be now.
What are choices?
Describes self-knowledge not as a destination, but as this.
What is a lifelong journey?
"Life transitions are..."
What are normal?
The central challenge of adolescence
What is forming an identity?