Yale Professor Shares Questions to Ask Yourself When Reflecting #shorts

Name: Yale Professor Shares Questions to Ask Yourself When Reflecting #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-09-02T12:00:20+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short video, a Yale professor outlines a concise set of self‑reflection questions to help individuals assess their emotional state before…

2 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this short video, a Yale professor outlines a concise set of self‑reflection questions to help individuals assess their emotional state before engaging in a situation. The speaker prompts the viewer to consider whether they feel pleasant or unpleasant, their current energy level, recent events that may have led to the present feeling, possible causes of the emotion, the exact feeling they are experiencing, and their comfort with discussing that experience. The professor also asks why one might feel uncomfortable sharing and what strategy could be used to manage the feeling. An illustrative example is given: if someone feels irritable from a morning incident, they should pause before a meeting, check in with themselves (e.g., “Are you ready? Are you in the right place?”) and decide how to proceed. The overall message emphasizes the importance of brief, intentional self‑check‑ins to improve interpersonal interactions and emotional regulation.

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What are some of the questions you ask yourself when you are reflecting? Am I pleasant or unpleasant in this moment? What's my energy like? What happened before I entered into this situation? What might be causing my feelings? What am I really feeling? Am I comfortable speaking and talking about my experience? Why might I not be comfortable? What's my strategy for dealing with the feeling? Let's say I'm irritable from something that happened in the morning, and then I have to engage in a meeting or read something and give feedback. Just pause before I enter into that and say, you know, how are you feeling, Mark? You know, you're ready for this? Are you in the right place for this? All those kinds of reflections can be really important.