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Emotional health

Your social emotional checklist

Understanding, using and managing your emotions in positive ways relieves

stress, enhances your ability to communicate, helps you empathize with others
and allows you to overcome challenges you may face throughout the day. Here

are some tools to help you connect with your feelings, turn intention into action
and make informed decisions about what matters most to you.

Self Management Self Awareness

Our ability to control our feelings, thoughts Self-awareness is our ability to recognize
and behaviors in different situations. Allows our feelings and thoughts and how they
us to cope with stress and pressure. When influence our behavior. Additionally, when
we control our impulses, work toward we are self-aware, we can accurately (and

achieving goals, and practice self confidently) identify the things we’re good
discipline, we are displaying good self- at and the things we need to work on.
management skills. • How am I feeling right now?
• What can I do to control my emotions • Why am I feeling this way?
and my reaction right now. • What’s causing me to think this way?
• How can I react to my current situation • How can I express my thoughts and
in a helpful way. feelings appropriately?
• What are my strength and limitations?

Social Awareness Decision Making

Social awareness is our ability to empathize When we engage in responsible decision-
with others and see things from their making, we take actions that follow the
perspective, even if they are from different rules, protect our safety and the safety of
cultures or have different backgrounds. others, show respect for ourselves and
When we’re socially aware, we understand others, and we show good character.
social and ethical norms for how to behave • What are the possible consequences
and carry ourselves accordingly. that my actions will have on me and

• How can I better understand someone others?
else’s thoughts and feelings? • Are my actions in line with my values
• How can I better understand why other and beliefs?
people think and feel the way they do? • How can I solve problems creatively?
• Did I consider all possible options?