Define Self-Awareness Archives – Page 5 of 8

Self-Awareness and Going beyond the Family

April 25, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

People who possess self-awareness tend to chart their own courses instead of following rules imposed by outside influences, including their families. A lot of individuals are bound by a sense that they have to adhere to family rules and expectations, but I’ve often noticed that they often live more fulfilled lives when they follow their own inner voices.

Yes, the family is an important social structure that can provide a sense of meaning and belonging, but it is a human construct that has held countless people back. How many people have had to live their lives a certain way because their family tells them to? How many people have had their dreams extinguished because well-meaning family members suggested they follow a certain path? Far too many.

A major reason people are profoundly miserable in life is that they pretend that they enjoy doing what others tell them to do. Trying to be someone we’re not is always a recipe for disaster because the only way we can be truly happy is to do what we love to do, in a way we love doing it, for the reasons we find meaningful. This kind of courageous self-determination often goes against the rules and expectations of our families, but it is the only path toward true fulfillment.

At its very core, being happy means having the self-awareness to be who you really are: an individual who does his or her own thing regardless of what any other person or group says. What will you do to develop self-awareness and go beyond the family?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Heal a Broken Heart

April 20, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy - 2 Comments

Self-awareness can help you deal with a broken heart because, when you understand yourself deep inside, you’re able to celebrate the good things about you and heal the parts that require extra care. When you’re in touch with your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, you’re better able to deal with any relationship situation.

Perhaps you’ve had your heart broken by a parent, friend, relative, co-worker, or significant other. You can gain a lot of strength from how you deal with these hurts. It’s perfectly natural to be hurt, and how you deal it will lead you down the path toward having a healthy or failing heart.

The way you treat your heart can affect many areas in your life. Imagine if you could never recover from and insult or a break-up, you’d spend the rest of your life being miserable. Your heart follows your actions, you can choose to stay stuck in pain and misery or be kind to your heart and do things to move in a more positive direction. You have the ability to become more self-aware and change your behavior consciously, a skill that comes in handy when tending to your heart.

The next time your heart hurts ask yourself some questions that will help you move in a positive direction, like:

What is hurting me?
What can I do to improve how I feel and take care of myself?
What can I do to interrupt the pattern that keeps me stuck with a hurting heart?

When you discover why you are hurting, you then are able to do something differently. Our hearts often hurt because we have not yet learned how to mend them and nurse them back to health. Some people carry this hurt their entire lives. Much as an unhealthy heart can keep you from running a marathon, it can also keep you from enjoying a great relationship.

When you learn how to care for your heart, you can then enjoy it in all its healthy glory. What will you do to develop self-awareness and heal your heart?

Cheers,

Guy

8 Benefits of Self-Awareness

April 17, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

As you develop self-awareness, you’ll increase your ability to consciously move your life in any direction you want rather than fumbling around letting things happen to you. Here are eight benefits of self-awareness:

You get to take an honest look at yourself.
You can evaluate what you do well and what needs adjusting.
You can keep what works and get rid of what doesn’t.
You can heal your emotional hurts.
You become healthy inside and outside.
You learn how to treat yourself and others well.
You feel, think, and behave in positive ways.
You genuinely love yourself.

Imagine what your life would be like if you did these things. Self-awareness is beneficial because it emphasizes getting to know yourself on a deeper level and living life as the authentic you. You get to let go of all the junk that isn’t real and just be yourself. What would you add to this list?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Look at the Difficult Things

April 16, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

A major part of self-awareness is to take a careful look at the difficult things in your life. This can include things you have a hard time doing or past events that bring up uncomfortable memories. The more you work on resolving issues in your past, the better able you’ll be to grow and succeed.

Here are some examples of difficult things you might want to look at to improve your self-awareness and help you live a more meaningful and rewarding life:

The hurts from your past.
Negative family issues you haven’t resolved.
Emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that hold you back.
Things you would change about yourself.
Actions you would take to live a better life.
How you treat yourself and others.
Finding meaning and guidance within instead of externally.
Making amends for negative behavior.
Doing things to make the world a better place.
Admitting mistakes.

A big part of self-awareness is being able to take a candid look at yourself, celebrate the positive things, and change the negative ones. It requires courage and conscious attention but, when you do it, you’ll be laying the foundation to live a much better life.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and look at the difficult things?

Cheers,

Guy

10 Ways Self-Awareness Can Improve Your Life

April 13, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

The whole point of getting to know yourself is to move past reacting unconsciously to whatever comes your way to being mindful of what you’re feeling, thinking, and doing. Here are ten ways self-awareness can improve your personal and professional life:

You’re able to feel the entire range of your emotions and deal with them positively.
You understand yourself well and are genuinely comfortable with who you are; not just pretending you are so you don’t look weak.
You’ve worked out the negative issues from your childhood and formative years.
You have a consistent pattern of thinking and behavior where all the areas of your life relate well to each other and aren’t in conflict.
You do things that help make the world a better place, not just that benefit you and the people in your immediate social and professional circles.
You’re able to empathize with other people; their joys, struggles, and day-to-day lives.
You feel so good about yourself that other people aren’t a threat and you don’t have a need to compete with them or defeat them in any way.
You build other people up instead of tearing them down.
You feel like your life has a deeper meaning that comes from within you, not from the outside.
You live life as the real you; following your dreams and doing what you really want to do in life.

When you possess self-awareness you’ll be actively working on issues like these at all times and continually discovering more about yourself. The goal is simple: Live a happy life, spread good vibes, and make the world a better place for as many people as possible. How has self-awareness improved your life?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Forgive

April 12, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

A big part of self-awareness is learning to forgive, as in:

Forgive yourself.
Forgive others.
Forgive the past
Forgive the negative things that happen in life.

Forgiveness means that you are able to let go of the resentments and hurts that hold you back and consciously decide to move forward positively in life. When you forgive, you give yourself the opportunity to be the wonderful person you are deep inside.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Means Understanding How Other People See You

April 9, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

A major part of self-awareness is understanding how other people see you. This means that you clearly comprehend how your thoughts and actions affect not only you but others as well. When you understand the impact you have on others you can make the appropriate changes so that you get better results. The key is to be yourself and allow others to do the same. Here are some signs that you possess the self-awareness necessary to understand how other people see you:

You’re not constantly in the middle of conflicts.
Other people seem to like you.
You build positive relationships.
You behave with kindness, empathy, and compassion.
You don’t do things to hurt others.
You don’t care about competition.
You don’t have a massive, unhealthy, out of control ego.
You do things that benefit others.
You behave selflessly, without expecting something in return.

Cheers,

Guy