Becoming More Self-Aware
Self-awareness is one of the most important skills for a person to have–and also one of the most difficult. Having self-awareness might be the single biggest challenge in the world of personal growth because it is both so essential and so difficult to see ourselves clearly.
In this episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick Hanson and I explore what it takes to develop self-awareness over time, where different forms of awareness come into play, and why maintaining awareness can be such a struggle. We then spend some time considering the heartening notion that the majority of what we have to look forward to when we become more self-aware is the recognition of our own positive aspects, and the natural movement towards health and integration.
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Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
1:45: Rick’s observations of people’s self-awareness when beginning therapy
6:10: Distinguishing internal and external self-awareness
7:40: Different types of internal self-awareness
12:20: Why is it hard to become self-aware?
18:45: Positive discoveries and Forrest’s personal experience
29:05: The natural movement toward health and sanity
33:35: What causes us to lose touch with positive aspects of our nature?
42:45: How can we cultivate more self-awareness over time?
49:45: Questions to ask yourself
54:50: A creative exercise for mapping out parts of yourself
58:10: Recap
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