Self-awareness encompasses emotional awareness and accurate self-assessment.

Emotional awareness – the ability to recognise and make sense of not just your own emotions, but also those of others. High levels of emotional awareness means you can learn from your feelings quickly.  Example:  if you feel sad, you can reflect on why this is so and make decisions that can help you.  It also means that you can predict emotions in advance – you know what actions will lead to what emotions and this means you can make better choices accordingly

Benefits of emotional awareness:

• You can communicate your emotional states more clearly to others
• You can move through difficulties faster by using your emotions as a navigating tool
• You can set personal boundaries that work for you
• You can understand others better and be more helpful
• You can help yourself better by knowing what decisions lead to feeling good