ELEV-EU 008: Improving Self-Awareness

ELEV-EU 008: Improving Self-Awareness

The following is the course description for the Improving Self-Awareness Course:

Self-awareness is an important part of everyday life. It transfers over to your personal, social, physical, and work-life. It can help one gain a better understanding of themselves, and how to live a better, more fulfilling life. When working to deepen one’s own self-awareness, it is important to fully engage yourself. One should take the time and proper steps, to fully become self-aware.  

With the Deepening Self Awareness workshop, your participants will learn how beneficial becoming more self-aware can be. A highly self-aware person will become more equipped to deal with daily life and its challenges. Through this workshop, your participants will gain a new perspective on themselves and their emotions, and become valuable members of society.  

Course Objectives:

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let’s review our goals for today.

You Will:

At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Define the self and different aspects of the self
• Learn from introspection
• Understand the nature and value of emotions
• Appreciate themselves
• Appreciate others
• Improve effectiveness

 

Target Student:

Course Core Competencies:

Module 1: What Is the Self?

Topic A: The Physical Self

Topic B: The Emotional Self

Topic C: The Mental Self

Topic D: The Spiritual Self

Module 2: Awareness of the Physical Self

Topic A: Scanning

Topic B: Progressive Relaxation

Topic C: Physical Stressors

Topic D: Exercise

Module 3: Time Management

Topic A: Organization

Topic B: Goal Management

Topic C: Priorities

Topic D: Procrastination

Module 4: The Emotional Self

Topic A: Validity of Emotions

Topic B: Utility of Emotions

Topic C: Emotional Arousal

Topic D: Emotional Valence

Module 5: Mood Management

Topic A: Emotional Intelligence

Topic B: Categories of Emotions

Topic C: Increasing Arousal

Topic D: Decreasing Arousal

Module 6: The Mental Self

Topic A: Thinking Style

Topic B: Learning Style

Topic C: Personality

Topic D: Stinking Thinking

Module 7: Interpersonal Awareness

Topic A: Addressing Different Thinking Styles

Topic B: Addressing Different Learning Styles

Topic C: Active Listening and Body Language

Topic D: Transactional Analysis

Module 8: The Spiritual Self

Topic A: Mindfulness

Topic B: Meditation

Topic C: Cultivating Positivity

Topic D: Gratitude

Module 9: Limitations of Self Awareness

Topic A: Navel Gazing

Topic B: Excessive Self Discipline

Topic C: Developing Humility

Topic D: Developing Empathy

Module 10: Independence versus Interdependence

Topic A: What is Interdependence?

Topic B: Systems Theory

Topic C: More Than the Sum of All Parts

Topic D: Team Building