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Developing The Whole Person

The document focuses on personal development through self-reflection across various aspects of the self, including physical, intellectual, emotional, sensual, social, nutritional, contextual, and spiritual dimensions. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and managing these aspects to achieve a balanced self-concept and highlights the metaphor of the 'two wolves' to illustrate the internal struggle between positive and negative influences. The text encourages individuals to recognize their ability to choose which aspects to nurture for personal growth and fulfillment.

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Developing The Whole Person

The document focuses on personal development through self-reflection across various aspects of the self, including physical, intellectual, emotional, sensual, social, nutritional, contextual, and spiritual dimensions. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and managing these aspects to achieve a balanced self-concept and highlights the metaphor of the 'two wolves' to illustrate the internal struggle between positive and negative influences. The text encourages individuals to recognize their ability to choose which aspects to nurture for personal growth and fulfillment.

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PERSO NAL DEV ELO PM ENT

Developing
The Whole
Person
Activity 2:
I Remember My
INSTRUCTION:
Copy this graphic organizer
on a blank piece of paper.
Put your picture in the centre.
In each segment write some
descriptions of the different
aspects of yourself as seen
in the next page.
1. Physical Self:
Describe yourself. Try not to censor any
thoughts which come to your mind. Include
descriptions of your height, weight, facial
appearance, and quality of skin, hair and
descriptions of body areas such as your neck,
chest, waist, legs.
2. Intellectual/Cognitive
/Mental Self:
Include here an assessment of how well you
reason and solve problems, your capacity to
learn and create, your general amount of
knowledge, your specific areas of knowledge,
wisdom you have acquired, and insights you
have.
3. Emotional Self:
Write as many words or phrase about typical
feelings you have, feelings you seldom have,
feelings you try to avoid, feelings you specially
enjoy, feelings from your past and present,
and feelings which are associated with each
other.
4. Sensual Self:
Write how you feel as a sensual person. What
sense do you use most – sight, hearing,
speaking, smelling, touching? How do you feel
about the different ways you take in
information - through the eyes, ears, mouth,
nose, and skin. In what ways do you let
information in and out of your body?
5. Interactional
/Social Self:
Include descriptions of your strengths and
weaknesses in intimate relationships and
relationships to friends, family, classmates
and strangers in social settings. Describe the
strengths and weaknesses which your friends
and family have noticed. Describe what kind
of son or daughter, brother or sister you are.
6. Nutritional Self:
How do you nourish yourself? What foods do
you like and dislike? What do you like and
dislike about these?
7. Contextual Self:
Descriptors could be in the areas of
maintenance of your living environment:
reaction to light, temperature, space, weather,
colors, sound and seasons and your impact on
the environment.
8. Spiritual Self or
Life Force:
Write words which tell about how you feel
which could include your feelings about
yourself and organized religion, reactions
about your spiritual connections to others,
feelings about your spiritual development and
history, and thought about your metaphysical
self. Think about your inner peace and joy.
Think about your spiritual regimen or routine.
ASPECTS OF THE SELF
The self-concept is represented
by several aspects of the self. It
is conceived as collection of
multiple, context-dependent
selves.
This construct believes that context
activates particular regions of self-
knowledge and self-relevant
feedback affects self-evaluations.
A deeper look on the different
aspects of self can identify specific
areas for self-regulation, stability
and improvement.
THREE BASIC, BUT VERY
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
THE SELF.

An individual is composed of
three basic, but very different
aspects of the self. All three
aspects of the self work
together in perfect harmony
when attention is paid to all
three simultaneously.
1. Physical Or Tangible Aspects
as they relate to the
body (height, weight,
facial appearance, and
quality of skin, hair and
descriptions of body
areas such as your neck,
chest, waist, legs).
2. Intellectual And Conscious
Aspects as they relate to the mind
(how well you reason and
solve problems, capacity to
learn and create, general
amount of your knowledge,
specific areas of knowledge,
wisdom you have acquired,
and insights you have.)
It may be important to
some that their mind can
be prominent and well
educated. The mind is
important, as it is the
part of the self that
directs the other two
aspects.
The mind learns what to do
and communicates the
information to the body and
the feelings.

What the mind believes, the


body manifests or acts on,
and the emotions feel, or
respond with.
People store both healthy
and destructive thoughts
and beliefs and responds
to life's circumstances in
the most prominent manner.
The mind provides access
creativity and serenity
which are necessary for
such processes as prayer,
forgiveness, acceptance,
and passion.
3. Emotional and
Intuitive Aspects/
Spiritual Self or
Life Force as they
relate to the spirit
and feelings.
Emotional relates to typical
feelings you have, feelings
you seldom have, feelings
you try to avoid, feelings
you especially enjoy,
feelings from your past and
present, and feelings which
are associated with each
other.
The human emotions are the most feared
aspect of the self, as individuals are
reluctant and unprepared to manage them.
Managing feelings is like trying
to hold water in the palm of your
hand. They are illusive and
deceptive.

A decision made under emotional


stress and strain usually
impacts emotions negatively.
Negative emotions that are not managed are
stored and repressed.

Repression is destructive to a
content self since all feelings,
not only negative ones, are stored
away. Accessing feelings when they
are needed now becomes difficult,
leaving the individual numb and
hopeless.
Additional: Aspects of Development
Relates to our senses. How we use our senses, how
Sensual Self we react or receive information and in what ways
do you information in and out of your body.

Relates on our relationship with other people


particularly those with your peers and family.
Interactional/
Relates about your strength or weaknesses in a
Social Self
relationship (as child, siblings, friend or
partner). Relates to nutritional status.

Nutritional What are the foods you take to keep your body
Self healthy? Exercise made?

Relates to your reaction to light, temperature,


Contextual
space, weather, colours, sound and seasons and
Self
your impact on the environment.
Reading:
THE STORY OF THE
TWO WOLVES
An old Cherokee Indian
story
One evening an old Cherokee told
his grandson about a battle that
goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is


between two wolves inside us
all."
"It is a terrible fight and
it is between two wolves.
One is evil - he is anger,
envy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt,
resentment, inferiority,
lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego."
He continued, "The other is
good - he is joy, peace,
love, hope, serenity,
humility, kindness,
benevolence, empathy,
generosity, truth,
compassion, and faith. The
same fight is going on
inside you - and inside
every other person, too."
The grandson thought about it for a
minute and then asked his grandfather,

"Which wolf will win?"


The old Cherokee simply replied,

"The one you feed".


Knowing which wolf to feed is the
first step towards recognizing you
have control over your own self.

Have you ever had thoughts,


feelings or acted in ways that
were unacceptable to yourself but
felt powerless to control?
As we grow up, we gradually become aware of
the many things in the external world which
are largely beyond our ability to control.
These include other people in general and
most events in our lives.

Initially this is difficult to


accept, but a more shocking
realization is that there are
many things about ourselves that
we seem powerless to control.
But are we indeed really
powerless to control our
own maladaptive thoughts,
feelings and actions?

The grandfather’s answer


"The one you feed" is
deceivingly simple.
The results of psychological research
indicate that there are at least four
important concepts or ideas implied by the
answer:

1. The mind is not the unitary entity


it seems to us but consists of
different parts. For example in the
story there are the two wolves and
the “you” that chooses between them.
The results of psychological research
indicate that there are at least four
important concepts or ideas implied by the
answer:

2. These parts of the mind/brain can


interact and be in conflict with each
other i.e. the two wolves fight for
dominance over our mind and behavior.
The results of psychological research
indicate that there are at least four
important concepts or ideas implied by the
answer:

3. The “you” has the ability to


decide which wolf it will feed.
The results of psychological research
indicate that there are at least four
important concepts or ideas implied by the
answer:

4. Having made a choice, “you” can


decide specifically how to “feed” or
nurture the selected wolf.
1. How aware are you of the two different opposing “wolves”
operating within your mind, one of which leads to pain and a
diminished sense of life and the other to a joyous, meaningful,
and fulfilling life?
2. When was the last time you felt disappointed by your choice of
behavior because you knew that there could have been a more
positive option, but you just didn’t choose it?
3. What ways, techniques or exercises do you use to strengthen
yourself mentally and emotionally so as to better control your
own decisions in life?
4. In what specific ways do you feed the negative wolf?
5. What specific ways do you use to feed the positive wolf?
Keep safe and
always take care!
Thank you for taking the time for this presentation.

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