Personal Development
by JOANNE EVASCO
1. 2. Developing the Whole Person
1.1. Experiences - experiences that shaped you and help you to develop yourself
1.2. Wholeness - Integral sense of integration
1.3. Transcendental goal - superior goal
1.4. Lifelong pursuit - lifelong learning or activity
1.5. Different aspects of individual are in harmony or balanced
1.6. Self-esteem - Self confidence
1.7. Self-actualization - ability to become the best version of yourself
1.8. Management of emotions - Enable to learn how to manage your emotions well
1.9. Decisions - Reflect right or good actions
1.10. Abilities - Developing your abilities
1.11. Skills - Developing your skills
1.12. Character - Developing your character
1.13. Development - Developing the different aspects of yourself
1.14. Balanced living - Your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors should work together
1.15. Socialization - Process of learning through socializing
2. 1. Knowing Oneself
2.1. Favorites - Your favorite colors, foods, hobbies etc.
2.2. Desires and interests - what are your desires and things that you are interested to.
2.3. Introspection or Self-analysis - examine your own thoughts or feelings
2.4. Self-reflection - Ask or assess yourself
2.5. Experiences - positive and negative experiences that shaped you
2.6. Attitude or Character - A person's behavior or personality
2.7. Self-disclosure - Communicating to other person that tells information about yourself
2.8. Goals and Dreams - your goals and dreams you want to achieve
2.9. Changes - Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Changes that you have experienced
2.10. Memories - Good and bad memories that you have experienced that shaped you
2.11. Personal Healing - Process of self-healing
2.12. Soothing Hurts - Ways to Help Heal Hurts at Different Stages of One’s Life
2.13. Personal Growth - Development or improvement about yourself
2.14. Self-affirmation - Thinking positively
2.15. Self-awareness - Understanding more about yourself
3. 3. Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence
3.1. Developmental transition from childhood to adulthood
3.2. Physiological Changes - Deals with all physical changes
3.3. Psycho-social Changes - Deals with how you interact with other people
3.4. Cognitive Changes - Deals with how the way you think
3.5. Emotional and Social Changes - Deals with the way on how you feel on everything
3.6. Moral and Spiritual Changes - Deals with the way that you should act
3.7. Preparation for adulthood
3.8. Puberty - Process of physical changes that a teenager will experience
3.9. Social Awareness - Ability to understand more about the society
3.10. Autonomy - Person's ability to act on his or her own values and interests
3.11. Body image - Self consciousness about one's body image
3.12. Peer group - Development on how you deal with other people that has the same age or interests as yours
3.13. Identity Development - Process of development on understanding your own identity
3.14. Relationships - Deals with your relationship to other people
3.15. Sexuality - Process of development of a person's sexual orientation or preferences
3.16. Maturity - Process of being mature
4. 6. The Powers of the Mind
4.1. Functions of the Brain - The hemispheres of the brain has different functions
4.2. Hemispheres - The left and right part of the brain
4.3. Left Brain - Deals with analytical thoughts
4.4. Verbal and Analytical
4.5. Logical - Deals with reasonings and arguments
4.6. Judging - Conclusion and decision
4.7. Evaluating - process of evaluating something either mathematical or in text
4.8. Sequential - Person with left dominant brain is said to be more sequential
4.9. Right Brain - More visual and creative
4.10. Non-Verbal and Intuitive
4.11. Visual - Deals with images, pictures and other type of visuals
4.12. Creative - Person with right dominant brain is said to be more creative
4.13. Idea-generating - process of creating visual concepts
4.14. Simultaneous - process of organizing something simultaneously
5. 5. Coping with Stress
5.1. Treat or Challenge - Dealing with something that challenge you that causes stress
5.2. Harness the anxiety
5.3. Eustress - Stress that are beneficial for individual
5.4. Distress - Negative form of stress
5.5. Happy Stress - Stress that we feel when we are excited and no sign of fear
5.6. Negative Experiences - Experiences that causes your stress
5.7. Positive Experiences - Experiences that can help you cope with stress
5.8. Mental or Emotional Strain - Negative impacts cause by stress
5.9. Exercise and eat regularly
5.10. Avoid excess caffeine
5.11. Avoid illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
5.12. Take a break from stressful situations
5.13. Decrease negative self-talk
5.14. Learn relaxation exercises
5.15. Learn practical coping skills
6. 7. Mental Health and Well-being
6.1. Ability to achieve self-determination
6.2. Productivity - Process of being productive
6.3. Having a healthy mind
6.4. Confront and analyze life realities
6.5. Weaknesses and Strengths - Know your weaknesses and strengths to have more healthy mental health
6.6. State of a well-being - State of being healthy and happy
6.7. Enhancing social skills - Enhance your social skills by socializing and interacting more with others
6.8. Enhancing problem-solving skills
6.9. Enhancing self-confidence
6.10. Support system - To have a mental healthy mind you should have a good support system such as family, friends etc.
6.11. Mental health problems - Mental disorder that affects your thinking, feeling, mood and behavior
6.12. Depression - Mood disorder that mostly affects your mental health
6.13. Eating disorders - Unmanaged mental health problems can cause bad and poor eating habits
6.14. Substance abuse - People think that it is the solution to escape problems but it is not.
7. 4. The Challenges of Middle and Late Adolescence
7.1. Life is a never-ending process of trial and error
7.2. Unmanaged Challenges or Problems
7.3. Tools to harness patience - Improving your patience
7.4. Practice good judgment
7.5. Biopsychosocial Approach - Interconnection between biology, psychology and social factors
7.6. Substance Abuse - Abusive way of using or taking substances
7.7. Juvenile Delinquency - Committing crimes or doing illegal activities
7.8. Depression and Suicide - Having a feeling of worthlessness that can lead on having suicidal thoughts
7.9. Anxiety - Your body's response due to stress
7.10. Eating Disorder - Abnormal eating habits that will affect person's physical and mental health
7.11. Physical Health Problems - Probably cause by eating disorder
7.12. Socio-emotional Development Challenges - Challenge that deals with person's experiences and emotions
7.13. Peer Pressure - Influencing someone to follow or change their behavior or values
7.14. Enormous Expectations from family or friends
