Yale Professor Shares the BEST Tool for Building Self-Awareness #shorts

Name: Yale Professor Shares the BEST Tool for Building Self-Awareness #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-09-04T12:00:16+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short video, a Yale professor introduces the Mood Meter, a science‑based social‑emotional learning (SEL) tool that maps feelings onto two…

4 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this short video, a Yale professor introduces the Mood Meter, a science‑based social‑emotional learning (SEL) tool that maps feelings onto two dimensions: the vertical axis captures what is happening in the mind (valence), and the horizontal axis captures energy level (energized vs. depleted). Combining these axes creates four color‑coded quadrants—yellow, red, blue, and green—each representing a distinct emotional state. The professor explains that the Mood Meter is used to develop deep self‑awareness in children, and, together with complementary SEL practices, it teaches self‑regulation, co‑regulation, and perspective‑taking. He cites research (e.g., Ruhler et al.) showing that schools that implement these practices see measurable improvements in student and teacher mental health, including lower rates of depression and anxiety and overall better well‑being.

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The Mood Meter is a tool based on a lot of science that says that how we feel, one way to access that is through building deep self-awareness around A, what's going on in my mind, and in the Y-axis it's energy. So do I feel energized or do I feel depleted? And then we take those two axes and create our four quadrants, which is the yellow, the red, the blue, the green, and those represent different feelings. That's up front. And there are other tools that we have to teach children how to self-regulate, co-regulate, how to take on other people's perspectives. Well, And the research shows that schools that adopt these practices, Ruhler and others, have students who are healthier. They have less depression, less anxiety. Teachers, the same, better mental health, better well-being.