Self-Growth & Self-Compassion
This is the process of working through past actions while developing compassion, generosity, and love toward yourself.
What is self-forgiveness?
This means treating yourself with kindness and understanding rather than harsh judgment.
What is self-compassion?
This means recognizing and accepting yourself as you are rather than believing you must meet unrealistic standards to have value.
What is self-acceptance?
This is the ongoing process of bettering yourself through conscious effort, intentional growth, and personal development.
What is self-improvement?
Self-care involves intentionally taking actions that support your overall this.
What is well-being?
Name one of the three pillars of self-forgiveness.
What are releasing negative emotions, cultivating positive emotions, or accepting responsibility?
Self-compassion helps us recognize that we are not alone in making mistakes because this is a shared part of being human.
What is shared humanity?
The curriculum identifies this as one of four aspects of cultivating unconditional self-worth: forgiving yourself, practicing self-acceptance, being there for yourself when life gets rough, and this.
What is connecting to supportive people?
Self-improvement can increase this by helping people recognize that they are capable of making meaningful changes in their lives.
What are motivation and hope?
Name three of the six dimensions of wellness discussed in the curriculum.
What are occupational, physical, social, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional wellness?
Self-resentment can lead to feelings such as shame, guilt, anger, and this type of negative internal dialogue.
What is negative self-talk?
According to the curriculum, self-criticism can serve two possible functions: self-improvement and this.
What is self-punishment?
When someone has low self-esteem, negative thoughts can reinforce a cycle. One activity used to challenge this cycle is writing negative thoughts and then listing evidence that does this.
What is disproves them?
This mindset involves believing that abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort, learning, and perseverance.
What is a growth mindset?
This dimension of wellness involves areas such as relationships, connection, and interactions with other people.
What is social wellness?
True self-forgiveness requires taking responsibility for wrongdoing while also remembering that your actions are separate from this.
What is your character/identity as a person?
Kristen Neff describes two forms of self-compassion known as these two types.
What are tender and fierce self-compassion?
Why can comparing yourself to others, particularly through social media, interfere with self-acceptance?
What is because people often only show the positive aspects of their lives, creating unrealistic comparisons?
Name three key elements of the self-improvement process.
What are self-reflection, intentional goal setting, commitment, overcoming challenges, growth mindset, or celebrating progress?
A client regularly exercises but has become isolated from friends, is emotionally overwhelmed, and feels disconnected from their purpose. What does this demonstrate about wellness?
What is the importance of addressing multiple dimensions of wellness rather than focusing on only one?
A person realizes they made a mistake, accepts responsibility, makes amends when possible, recommits to their values, and works on self-compassion. What process are they demonstrating?
What is self-forgiveness?
Someone makes a mistake and says, “I can acknowledge that I did something wrong without attacking myself. I can learn from it and still treat myself with kindness.” What concepts are they demonstrating?
What are self-forgiveness and self-compassion?
True or False: Self-acceptance means giving up on yourself and deciding that you cannot change.
What is false? Acceptance is not resignation.
A client says, “I failed, so I'm just not good at this.” They reframe it as, “This is difficult, but I can learn from it and figure out what to do differently next time.” What mindset shift are they making?
What is shifting from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset?
A client wants to improve their self-care but says, “I don't have time.” What is one important question from the curriculum that can help them move from discussing self-care to actually implementing it?
What is, “What would it look like to actually implement these?”