Self Awareness
Self Awareness is...
Being able to understand and recognize our own thoughts, emotions, and actions
Being impulsive means
Acting without thinking the choice through.
What was your favorite part of Empower Hour?
Everything!!!
Emotional regulation is...
Our ability to manage and control our emotions
Responsibility is...
being dependable, making good choices, and taking accountability for your actions.
What is empathy and why is being empathetic important?
To be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see their point of view about why they might be feeling a certain way.
To be able to understand what others are feeling better.
Name a Coping skill that we can use to help us control our impulses
Take a deep breath
Count to ten
Use our Coping Skills Tool Box
What is a boundary?
Something that helps us feel safe and comfortable with our feelings.
What activity did we do to show how our emotions effect our day?
What Wound Danny Do? Book
This or That: Which is the responsible decision?
A: You do your homework when you get home from school
B: You do your homework on the bus/car ride to school in the morning
A: You do your homework when you get home from school
You need to change the way you are thinking about yourself.
True or False: Emotional regulation also has an impact on impulse control
True!
True or False: It is important to have a good relationship with yourself
True! It helps you feel more confident and comfortable
examples: Accepting yourself, following your dreams and being your own cheerleader
Why is it important to learn how to regulate our emotions?
It lets us slow down and calmly respond to situations rather than being impulsive.
You see someone cheating on a test in school, do you...
A: Look the other way
B: Ask for the answers
C: Tell an adult and let them sort it out
D: Yell at the person cheating to stop it
C: Tell an adult and let them sort it out
3 examples of self awareness are
1. Being able to identify your emotions when you feel them
2. Understanding your own needs
3. Setting achievable goals for yourself
What game did we play that needed impulse control
Head, Shoulders, Knees, Cup!
Why are building new relationships important?
It helps us become better friends and have people we can trust.
How did the "What Sparks Joy" and "What Rains on My Parade" activities help us learn about our emotions?
It helps us see that different things make people happy and sad, which helps us think more about the way that others feel.
Name one or more of what T.H.I.N.K stands for
T: Is it True?
H: Is it Helpful?
I: Is it Inspiring?
N: Is it Necessary?
K: Is it Kind?