1. Mental and Emotional Health

2. Mental & Emotional Health
The ability to accept yourself and others
Adapt to and manage emotions
Deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life
A mentally and emotionally healthy person can usually handle a wide variety of feelings and situations

3. Characteristics of Good Mental & Emotional Health
Sense of
Belonging
Feeling close to people provides you with support.
Sense of
Purpose
Recognizing that you have value helps you set and reach goals.
Positive
Outlook
Seeing the bright side increases your chances of success.
Self-
Sufficiency
Being confident promotes your sense of independence.
Healthy
Self-Esteem
Having healthy self-esteem helps you recover from difficulties.

4. Maslow’s Hierarchy

5. Developing Self-Awareness
Maslow’s hierarchy shows that once our basic physical and safety needs are met, we become interested in meeting these needs:
The need to belong and be loved.
The need to be valued and recognized.
The need to reach our potential, to achieve self- actualization.

6. Self-Actualization
Self-actualization – the striving to become the best you can be
Having goals that motivate and inspire
Willing to make necessary changes in life to reach those goals

7. Personality
Personality – a complex set of characteristics that makes an individual unique
Includes an individual’s emotional makeup, attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors
Influenced by heredity, and environment
Modeling – observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you

8. Personal Identity
Personal Identity – a sense of yourself as a unique individual
Developmental Assets – building blocks of development that help young people grow up as healthy, caring and responsible individuals

9. Healthy Identity Developing a healthy identity Positive outlook
Acknowledge strengths and weaknesses
Develop purposes in life
Form meaningful relationships
Positive outlook
Self-esteem – a person’s overall emotional evaluation of his or her worth
Constructive criticism – non-hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement