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KNOWING YOURSELFlooking within
The heart of a soul surfer
The heart of the matterWhat motivates her despite her disability?
Does she stay optimistic?
Is she ‘real’ when in the presence of others?
Knowing YourselfKnowing yourself is always about self-
awareness
Self-awareness looks into the way one thinks, feels and acts
Self-awareness compares habitual reactions against intentional reactions
Self-awareness reveals hidden fears and apprehensions
Knowing YourselfWhen we become self-aware, we also
recognize patterns and are better at articulating our emotional state
Self-awareness helps us accept our own qualities and faults, our emotions and experiences
Self-awareness gives the option to choose our responses to our thoughts, feelings and actions
Ben Carson Story
I need a volunteerHow did it feel when asked to volunteer?
What was your initial reaction?
Did you consider others first before deciding?
What can be seen
What we don’t see
What is addressed
What remains unattended
Our three most common reactions
FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE
Thinking Feeling Action
Positive thoughts
Negative thoughts
Event Thought
Feel Action Result
Thinking Feeling Action
Thinking Feeling Action Consequences
Fight
Flight
Freeze
PatternsA pattern is a repetitive thought resulting in
an action
The action/thought may have either positive or negative repercussions
We may be oblivious to the pattern developing
Three Questions about Patterns
What are you doing right now?
Why did you just do?
Is that your usual
response?
Masking(from the outside in)What mask do you present to the outside
world?
What do you do so they will believe this mask is true?
What do you want them to think of you?
Masking (from the inside out)What do you want your mask to hide?
What do you do so they won’t see behind your mask?
What are you afraid they will see?
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