In this episode of The Talk podcast, host Ashley Bell talks to Connie Armerding, Joy of It Content Developer and a curriculum writer for JOI Friendzy, and Dr. Marcella Chiromo, a psychology consultant who has worked in the mental health field for over 10 year and also a curriculum writer for JOI Friendzy. Connie and Marcella talk to Ashley about social and emotional learning through the core competency of self-awareness. They talk about how self-awareness can aid us in our identity, development and having mutually beneficial conversations.

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• [00:01] Intro
• [01:07] On today’s episode
• [02:40] Meet Connie and Marcella
• [05:02] What lesson from 2020 did they carry into 2021
• [10:12] What is self-awareness?
• [15:46] What do you value?
• [18:13] Recommendations for health & continuing the journey
• [23:05] Finding trusted companions
• [29:07] Productive conversations with someone who isn’t self-awareness
• [42:02] Ways to practice self-awareness
• [51:13] A brief homework assignment