The document summarizes a life skills training session on self-awareness, self-esteem, emotions, stress management, interpersonal relationships, empathy, negotiation skills, peer pressure, conflict, and resolving conflicts. It defines these concepts and provides examples. For self-awareness, it discusses knowing one's gender, appearance, emotions, talents, goals, and strengths/weaknesses. For self-esteem, it discusses high and low self-esteem and their sources and benefits. It also outlines types of emotions and ways to cope with them.

1. Al-Ahgaaf International School
LIFE SKILLS TRAINING SESSION
Held on 27th, February, 2021
Presented by:
Md. Esha Ferunzi

2. SELF AWARENESS
 This involves knowing about oneself.
 These includes:
 Gender
 Physical Apperance
 Emotions
 Talents
 Goals in life
 Strength and weaknesses

3. Five Dimensions of a Human Being
Human
Beng
Mental
Physical
Physical
Social
Emotions

4. SELF AWARENESS
Goals
Emotions
Talents
Physical
Apperance
Strength and
weaknesses
Gender
Desires and Dislikes

5. Self-awareness Tree
OUT SIDE
IN
ROOTS

6. SELF ESTEEM
 Self-esteem is how a person feels about himself or herself.
 Two forms:
 High and healthy self esteem
 Low Self esteem

7. High esteem
Sources of high self-esteem Sign of high self-esteem
Feedback from significant others i.e. parents, teachers, leaders
Good experiences in life e.g., good performance in sports,
academits
Overcoming bad experiences in life Physical growth
and development
Having supportive and caring riends.
Self-reliance, finding a job
 Points out and expresses good things and
 I
eelings about themselves freely
 Relate well with other people and is pleasant to be
with
 D Joyful and fun to be with
 D Accepts correction and challenges.
 D Willingness to try out new ideas.
 D Communicates clearly, and with confidence
 D Respects themselves and others
 Does not copy others or easily give in to peer pressure
 Recognises and appreciates special talents in themselves

 D Sets realistic personal goals and works
towards achieving them
 Will not allow other people to deliberately put them down
 D Appreciates, affirms and compliment others
 Freely

8. High esteem

10. Benefits of High self-esteem
 High self-esteem enhances
 Self confidence
 Good interpersonal relationship
 Good communication
 Assertive skills
 Good performance at work or job satisfaction.

11. Emotions
Emotions are strong feelings that a person experience in
in different circumstances in life.
Emotions affect how people interact with others in
the environment.

12. Types of Emotions
 Sadness
 Pain
 Guilt
 Anger
 Joy
 Love
 Depression
 Fear
 Disappointment

13. Negative and Positive Emotions
Negative emotions Positive emotions
Anger
Fright/ anxiety Guilt/
shame Sadness
Envy/ jealously
Disgust
Happiness/ joy
Pride
Love/ affection
Relief

14. Poor responses to Emotions
 Uncontrolled crimes
 Breaking and burning properties
 Making threats
 Fighting
 Abusive languages
 Verbal confrontations
 Backbiting or Gossiping

15. Coping with Emotions
 Ability to control emotions and the way you express them
is critical. Man aging emotions is about maintaining.
calmness, reason and use oft he right words no matter how
provoked one is.
 Tips on how to respond to angry provocation:
1. Accept an outburst and provocation as an opportunity to find
solutions to the problem.
2. Look for solutions to the problem when anger is at moderate
levels.
3. Recognize the other person's frustration and pressures.

16. STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
 Psychological symptoms
1. Depression - feeling of hopelessness, sadness or helplessness
2. Mental fatigue
3. Chronic anxiety
4. Feeling overwhelmed, helpless and a sense of things slipping out of control
5. negative thinking
6. Difficulty in making decisions
7. Exaggerated worrying
8. Paranoia
9. Burnout

17.  Behavioral Symptoms
 1) Easily irritable
 2) Bossiness
 3) Outburst of temper
 4) Withdrawal, detachment
 5) Change in sleep pattern
 6) Change in sexual drive

18.  Cognitive symptoms
 1) Poor decision making
 2} Poor judgement
 3) Lack of concentration
 4) Forgetfulness
 Physical symptoms
 1) Low immunity
 2) Problems with cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems

19. Some positive ways of coping
with stress include
 Relaxation exercises,
 Recreational games,
 Positive self-talk,
 Listening to cool soothing music,
 Being assertive - say no to things you can't do,
 Adapting self-discipline and good time management skills,

20. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
 Definition of an interpersonal relationship
 A relationship can be described as a connection between two individuals.
 Interpersonal relationships are the interactions we have with other people.
 They can be as a result of biological factors, social interactions or both .

21. Types of relationships

22. Interpersonal Relationships
Me
Allah/
God
Family
Authority
Peers
Community
Environment

23. Empathy
 Definition
 Empathy is the ability to understand and identify with the circumstances and feelings of
another person and offer appropriate help .
 This is like walking in someone else shoes.

24. Some of the situations that require one to
show empathy to workmates include
 Strained interpersonal relationships
 Poor academic performance
 Loss - Property, jobs, loved ones, good health
 Orphaned and vulnerable people
 Dealing with people with special needs
 During traumatic situations
 People abusing drugs or afflicted by other forms of addictions
 People living with HIV and AIDS
 Cultural and political diversities
 Gender roles

25. Importance of empathy
 D Instills a sense of belonging and dignity
 D Builds strong inter-personal relationships
 D Enhances non-violent conflict resolution
 D Promotes effective communication
 D Promotes mutual trust and respect

26. Empathy can be expressed through the
following ways
 Provision of emotional support
 Provision of material support
 Active listening
 Being available in times of need
 Being kind
 Provision of non-possessive warmth
 Provision of spiritual support
 Provision of guidance
 Referring the person for further help.

29. Negotiation skills
 Negotiation skills refers to the process through which differing parties come with
a solution that is agreeable to both parties. It may involve making a few
compromises by both parties.
 Negotiation can also be defined as the process through which one is able to get
what he or she wants.

30. Types of Negotiation
 1) Win-win negotiation (problem solving) both parties openly discuss issues with each
 party's needs taken into consideration. The conflict is solved to satisfy all.
 2) ·win - lose negotiation (problem solving) in this situation one of the parties must win
 and the other lose
 Steps in the· process of negotiation
 1) Establish the issues of concern and the parties involved (preparation).
 2) Proposal- (Propose a date, suitable time, and place to talk about the problem)
 3) Debate - presentation of ideas by the concerned parties
 4) Bargaining and consensus building
 5) Closing

31. Peer Pressure
 Peer pressure is the real or imagined force or coercion one experiences from his
or her peers to act or behave in a certain way.
 Peer pressure is often negative, but can also be positive, e.g. being pressurized to
pursue a career or pass exams.

32.  Definition of conflict:
 There are various definitions for conflict.
 Conflict has been defined as the expression of disagreement over something
important to
 both sides of a dispute.
 It is characterized by discord, hostility, argument, antagonism, strife, friction and
 disharmony or disunity between two or more people; or groups of people.

34. Examples of conflict that youth may experience
include
 Parents'/guardians' ideas for your future differ from your own.
 Peer pressure.
 Different interests by colleagues at place of work.
 Employer's expectations and your own differ.
 Different interests with your girlfriend/boyfriend
 Family expectations.

35. Causes of conflicts at a workplace can
include:
 Like the luffs of grass in the simulation, the following are common causes of conflict a
 workplace.
 Unresolved or suppressed conflict
 Inadequate communication
 Competition for limited resources
 Incompatible personality or value system
 Unmet expectations
 Extreme work pressure Sharing inadequate resources
 Overlapping or unclear job boundaries
 Different opinions, biases and stereotypes
 Competition among colleagues
 Work distribution
 Suspicion and general lack of trust

36. Effects of Conflicts
 When conflicts are left unresolved, they can have adverse effects on the people involved
in
 the conflicts as well as those around them. These effects can be either short term or
long term.
 Violence
 Hatred
 Displacement of people
 School drop outs
 Loss of work
 Physical injuries
 psychological trauma

37.  Loss of life, property, health
 Fear and insecurity
 Suicide
 Low productivity at work
 Staff motivation and team spirit lost/ lowered
 Poor interpersonal relationships
 Low productivity at work &
 loss of business

38.  Unethical ways of resolving conflict at a workplace
 A potential worker needs to be aware of the dirty tricks and unfair exploitation that are utilized
 to resolve confiicts in workplaces. These have included:
 Lies
 Hurling insults
 Destroying the other person's property .
 Demanding the opponent to make concession in a way they experience lose compared to the negotiator .
 Asking too many question, evading questions and other tactics of distraction .
 Information given by the opponent used to exploit his weaknesses weakening his bargain power .
 Failure to disclose vital facts necessary in the discussion .
 Fighting it out