PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE
PERSON
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Quarter 1 – Module 2- Developing the Whole Person

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Quarter 1 – Module 2
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE
PERSON
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Alternative Delivery Mode

(ADM) Module on Developing the Whole Person!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both from public and
private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning activities at
their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century
skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

In Developing the whole person ,it is very important that you can
show the relationship of the different aspects of development with the
student’s thoughts ,feelings and actions in dealing with life’s situations.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need to
keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore,
you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Personal Development –Senior High School Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)Module
on Developing the Whole Person!

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know

This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

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What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link
the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

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 At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module. Use a
separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included in the
module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your
teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

What I Need to
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help understand
the relationship of the different aspects of development with the student’s thoughts, feelings and
actions in dealing life situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into three lessons, namely:

• Lesson 1 – Personal Effectiveness through Holistic Development
• Lesson 2 – The Power Triad: Thoughts, Feelings and Actions
• Lesson 3 – Applying Power Triad to Daily Life Situations

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Discuss the relationship among the physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual,

and social aspect of development, to understand their thoughts, feelings, and
behavior;

2. Enumerate the interplay of the different aspects of their own developing self that influence
their day to day thoughts, feelings and behavior.

3. Show the connection of their thoughts, feelings and actions to actual life situation

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 PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH
Lesson HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
1

What I Need to Know

As Senior High School learners you are going to find out the relationship
among the physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and social
aspect of development that would make you an effective person through
this holistic development.

What I Know

Identify which aspect of self is being referred to. Write the letter of your answer on
a separate sheet of paper.

a. Spiritual Self b. Intellectual Self c. Physical Self

d. emotional Self e. Interactional Self

____1. It refers the descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance, and
quality of skin, hair and body areas.
____2. It includes how well you reason and solve problems.
____3. It’s about typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you
try to avoid and other feelings.
____4. It includes description of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate
relationships and other relationships.
____ 5. This include your feelings about yourself and organized religion, reactions
about your spiritual connection to others.

What’s In

Reading: ASPECTS OF THE SELF

The self-concept is represented by several aspects of the self. It is conceived as collection of

multiple, context-dependent selves. This construct believes that context activates particular regions of
self-knowledge and self-relevant feedback affects self-evaluations and affect. A deeper look on the
different aspects of self can identify specific areas for self-regulation, stability and improvement.

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 In a nutshell, an individual is composed of three basic but very different aspects of the self. They
are the physical or tangible aspects as they relate to the body, the intellectual and conscious aspects as
they relate to the mind, and the emotional and intuitive aspects as they relate to the spirit. All three
aspects of the self-work together in perfect harmony when attention is paid to all three simultaneously.

Many individuals put a strong emphasis on the physical aspect of the self. The body is tangible,
obvious, and we respond to it easily. More time and money is spent on enhancing the physical
component than either of the other two aspects. This does not mean, however, that the body is healthy
or strong. The body provides a place to house the spirit (often experienced as feelings) and the mind
(often experienced as thought).

It may be important to some that their mind be prominent and well educated. The mind is
important, as it is the part of the self that directs the other two aspects. The mind learns what to do
and communicates the information to the body and the feelings. What the mind believes, the body
manifests or acts on, and the emotions feel, or respond with. People store both healthy and destructive
thoughts and beliefs and responds to life's circumstances in the most prominent manner. The mind
provides access creativity and serenity which are necessary for such processes as prayer, forgiveness,
acceptance, and passion.

The human emotions are the most feared aspect of the self, as individuals are reluctant and
unprepared to manage them. Managing feelings is like trying to hold water in the palm of your hand.
They are illusive and deceptive. A decision made under emotional stress and strain usually impacts
emotions negatively. Negative emotions that are not managed are stored and repressed. Repression is
destructive to a content self since all feelings, not only negative ones are stored away. Accessing
feelings when they are needed now becomes difficult, leaving the individual numb and hopeless.

For instance, a girl realizes that she is giving much attention on the physical aspects and less
attention on her intellectual self. In this way, she can discover how much money and time spent
maintaining her physique and its consequences in her grades. By this honest evaluation of herself, she
can plan effective actions to improve her study habits. She can start seeking for help and for related
books to read or browse articles to help her improve her study habits.

What’s New

ACTIVITY

Instructions : In the circle below, it has 8 segments, in each segment write a description of yourself
based on the different aspects of self-such as: Do this in your journal book.

1. Physical Self – describe your height, weight, facial appearance, quality of skin, hair and
body structure.
2. Intellectual Self- tell how well you reason and solve problems.
3. Emotional Self - tell or write a phrase about your typical feelings whether its negative or
positive.
4. Sensual Self – write how you fell as a sensual person. What sense do you use most-
sight, hearing, speaking, smelling, touching.
5. Interactional Self – include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate
relationships to friends and family.

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6. Nutritional Self – the food you usually eat.
7. Contextual Self – descriptors could be in the areas of maintenance of your living
environment.
8. Spiritual Self or Life force - relationship with God and how you live your faith and
religion.
Questions to answer:
1. What are the words or phrases which represent aspects about yourself which you
like?
2. What are the items which you consider to be weaknesses or areas for improvement?
3. Which aspect of yourself you are proud off?
4. Which aspect of yourself you considered need to improve and further enhance the
positive aspect?

What is It

Let’s have another way of understanding Aspect of the Self.

At this point, write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.

9.
Let us look into the emotional
10.
aspect of yourself that will help
enhance or express your whole
person development. Are you
ready?

What regular tasks you think will enhance your emotional intelligence and
resourcefulness? (Ex. turn intention into action, in order to make informed decisions
about the things that matter most to us)

My regular tasks
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

That was great! Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability

to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to
discriminate between different emotions and label them
appropriately and to use emotional information to guide
thinking and behavior. How about your interpersonal Skills? (Ex.
that! Physical
Keep doingconnect wellness
to others promotes
in productive andproper careways.)
nurturing of
our bodies for optimal health and functioning. Well, how
about your health, how did you protect yourself from this
pandemic of COVID 2019?

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 This will help me protect from the COVID 2019
_____________________________________________
____________________________________________

Lastly, your mental competency and creative

intuition. How would you understand of what
happened in our environment in this time of
pandemic?

To understand of what happen to our environment

_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Identify what aspect of self is being referred to. Write your answer in a separate sheet of
paper.

____1. It is an assessment on how well you reason, solve problem, the wisdom you
acquire, and insights you have.
____2. An aspect which refers to your feelings both positive & negative, feelings from the past
& present, feeling associated with each other.
____3. It includes descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance, quality of skin
and body areas.
____4. The aspect of self that relates to your relationship with God and how you live your
faith and religion.
____5. This aspect that include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in
intimate relationships to friends and family.

What I Can Do

Write your answers to these questions on your journal book.

1. “Do you think you are the very same person today as you were during your childhood years?”
2. “What aspects in you which you can claim to have changed much?

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Lesson The Power Triad:
2 Thoughts, Feelings and Actions

What I need to know

In this lesson, it will help you identify the factors that may lead a person to succeed
through the stories of successful persons and how they balance their thoughts,
feelings and actions with right mindset, emotional resilience and proper behavior.

What I Know

Identify if statement refers to Physical , Emotional, Intellectual ,

Spiritual, Interactional , Sensual, and Contextual Aspect of self.
_____1. I feel confident whenever I join a beauty contest .
_____2. I know I am ready to compete in a quiz bee.
_____3. I can easily tell the kind of food through its smell.
_____4. In my low moments in life, I can only hold on to God.
_____5. I am the kind of person who enjoys in little things.

What’s In

Now let’s have the last activity on how well you know yourself by completing
phrase in each slice of the pie. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.

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Answer the questions based on your phrase /sentence of your pie.
1. Which slice of your pie speaks of your emotional self? How are you going to handle it?
2. Which one speaks of your intellectual self? How are you going enrich it ?
3. Which one speaks about your spiritual self and how you deepen or strengthen your faith
and belief in God?
4.After you have studied and performed the activities, how well do you know yourself now.

What’s New
Activity : Analyze this … THREE SUCCESS STORIES

1. Manny Pacquiao’s Unbelievable Success Story Will Inspire You

It’s 1990 in the province of General Santos in the Philippines. Manny Pacquiao is 12 years old.
Pacquiao often speaks of his debt to his maternal uncle, Sardo Mejia, who introduced him to boxing
after he dropped out of school. It was this moment that would spark an unforeseen passion and drive
in Pacquiao to be one of the best boxers in the entire world. According to his autobiography, he
describes watching Mike Tyson’s shocking defeat to James “Buster” Douglas in 1990 on television with
his uncle as an experience that “changed [his] life forever.”
In his hometown, he set up an open-for-all boxing match and beat every opponent who came.
He was well on the road of transforming himself from a lanky school dropout to a junior boxing
champion.
Despite his success, his family was still living in extreme poverty and hunger. They became so
desperate to the point that his father had to kill his pet dog for dinner. Pacquiao couldn’t forgive his
father for what he did so he left home, slept on cardboard boxes, and sold bread on the streets just to
make a meager living. At that point, he also used boxing and won matches for $2 each, as a means of
escaping poverty.

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 He soon moved to Manila and continued winning several boxing matches, but given the
increased standards of living, he wasn’t making enough to survive. He soon got a job at a local gym
doing gardening, cleaning and construction while boxing onthe side. He trained crazily all day and all
night when possible, waking up the earliest and leaving the gym at the latest possible time. Early on,
his perseverance and determination to be a part of the boxing world swayed him to cheat and add on
some weights to meet the featherweight class requirements.
As the fights got more serious, Pacquiao started getting more famous as well. He would beat
fighters from South Korea, Japan and Thailand and at the very young age of 19, he won his first World
Champion title by beating Chatchai Sasakul, the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) World Flyweight
Champion at that time. The turning point for Pacquiao came when he won against world-class
featherweight boxer Marco Antonio Barrera at the Alamodome in Texas with a TKO. After that fight,
he was recognized internationally as a force to be reckoned with.
Today, at 37, he is one of the most respected boxers. Despite his loss during the Mayweather
match, he still has won the hearts of many boxing fans both in the Philippines and worldwide. His one-
of-a-kind story will continue to inspire and it will always portray the journey of what millions of Filipinos
continue to aspire for.
Source: https://www.kalibrr.com/advice/2015/05/manny-pacquiao-success-story-willl-inspireyou/

2. The Pia Wurtzbach Success Story

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was crowned “Miss Universe” at the 64th Miss Universe 2015 pageant
held at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Pia is an actress and model of German-Philippine origin. She is Miss
Philippines 2015. She symbolizes the deadly combination of beauty with brains. Pia is a beauty-writer,
chef and make-up artist.
Pia Wurtzbach was born on 24 September 1989 in Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg. Her father is
a German and her mother is a Filipino. Pia has a younger sister. Pia was named in keeping with the
Philippines' tradition. Her middle name 'Alonzo' is her mother's maiden name. Pia did her secondary
education from ABSCBN Distance Learning School in Quezon City. She studied Culinary Arts from the
Centre for Asian Culinary Studies, San Juan, Metro Manila.
Pia ventured into the world of glitz and glamour at the tender age of fourteen. She joined an
acting and modelling agency for children, 'Star Magic Talent'. Pia got a break in television when she
featured in K2BU, a series for teenagers, the romance collection, 'Your Song' and the concert
programme, 'ASAP'. Pia has acted in films; 'All My Life', 'All About Love' and 'Kung Ako Na Lang Sana'.
Pia was the brand ambassador for 'Avon Teen' for a period of five years. She has graced the cover of
several prestigious fashion magazines. Pia writes for the 2bU column of 'Inquirer Lifestyle'. She is
popular as Pia Romero, her screen name. Pia is a pageant title-holder. Her first beauty contest was the
'Binibining Pilipinas 2013'. She was the 'first runner-up'. She participated in the 'Binibining Pilipinas
2015' as a representative of Cagayan de Oro and won the title, paving the path for bigger victories.
Pia Alonzo walked away with the “Miss Universe” title at the Miss Universe Pageant 2015 held
on December 20 at The Axis, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The 26- year old beauty set the stage ablaze with
her poise, incredible class and talent in her exotically gorgeous ball gown and costumes.
Pia was crowned by her predecessor, Paulina Vega. As Miss Universe, Pia aspires to lead the
youth and spread awareness about HIV, especially in Philippines.
Source: http://successstory.com/people/pia-alonzo-wurtzbac

3. A Love Affair that Got Me Close to a Great Doctor

I am blissfully married and a proud mother to three young men. My husband Leo knows that I
am also engaged in another love affair, a sweet and enduring one. And he approves, so do my sons.
This love affair is with research, and it started during my pediatric residency training. I can still
remember vividly the excitement and the long nights, the discovery of meaningful developments, the
joy of reading medical journals, the eagerness to prepare something thorough and relevant. The
excitement I felt continued up to my postgraduate internship, my fellowship in infectious diseases and

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it has lasted till now. My husband was never jealous and my relationship with my sons never soured
despite this other ongoing and never-ending love affair. I could not ask for more.
This is the best life. So last May 23, the family accompanied me to Vigan, Ilocos Sur, to attend
the 107th annual convention hosted by the Philippine Medical Association (PMA). Being included as
one of the 15 finalists for the coveted Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Awards is a proud moment for my
family. With them around, I was the proudest wife, mom and doctor.
While individual citations were being read on stage for the top awardees for Community
Leadership (Dr. Purisima A. Bueno), Government Service (Dr. Maria Victoria M. Abesamis), Clinical
Practice (Dr. Bonaleth M. De Vera) and Academe (Dr. Estrella B. Paje-Villar), I never expected that the
final citation was all about the fruits of my other love affair, with research.
“Lead investigator for the much-awaited clinical trials on the multivalent dengue vaccine…”
“repeatedly cited by researchers here and abroad…” “served as the springboard for the Expanded
Program of Immunization (EPI) of the Department of Health…” “provided the evidence and the
science…” “extended her work to the communities…” “greater things to come that will benefit science,
medicine and the Filipino people…” “epitomizes the virtues of Dr. Jose P. Rizal…” “…love of country and
service to our countrymen…” All these brought me back to the past 30 years of my medical, family and
community life.
My love affair with research did not happen overnight. It was a journey that began with a case
presentation as a first-year pediatric resident, and a prospective study on how to prevent early jaundice
in newborns. My recommendation that a nursery should always be facing the direction the sun rises
so that a newborn can benefit from exposure to morning sunlight won the top prize for the hospital’s
annual research competition. This did not happen once. It was a back-to-back win for three straight
years. I got hooked. Who would not be? Year 1991 was my first immersion in dengue research. Twenty-
three years later, I am now the lead investigator of the country’s clinical trials for dengue vaccine, in
the countries where dengue is a major public health problem. It’s a vaccine the medical community
worldwide is waiting for.
In Vigan, the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) bore witness to the conferment of the
award. The title comes with a specially designed trophy in the image of Dr. Jose P. Rizal by National
Artist Napoleon V. Abueva, a gold medallion, free trip to the United States to attend the convention
of the American Academy of Family Physicians and P150, 000 worth of medicines that I can share with
a civic organization of my choice.
Was it just a coincidence or pure fate that it is also the 23rd year of the presentation of the prestigious
Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Awards? If the number “23” is a coincidence, what a joyful one. If this is
destiny, let me accept it with gratitude.
This award is a fitting tribute to those who have encouraged and inspired me to continue my
love affair with research — participants and their families as well as my teams in clinical trials, officials
of the local health, school and government units, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine,
collaborators/ partners and sponsors of my researches, Basaynon Katiguban, Inc. and my town mates
in Basey, Samar, who continue to show resiliency despite the tragedy during the super typhoon
Yolanda, the Philippine Pediatric Society and Manila Medical Society for the recognition of my works
and the nomination
For more than three decades, I have never felt happier and accomplished than when doing
medical research. It is tiring but exciting, demanding yet humbling, intimidating but empowering,
exacting yet fulfilling. My work is my loving tribute to a great Filipino and a fellow doctor, Jose P. Rizal,
MD. (Dr. Rose Zeta Capeding is the 23rd Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Awardee for Research. She is
currently the head of the Microbiology Department of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
(RITM) and head of the Dengue Research Group. She is the head, Section of Infectious Diseases,
Department of Pediatrics, Asian Hospital and Medical Center.)
Source:http://www.philstar.com/business-life/2014/06/30/1340085/love-affair-got-me-
closegreat-doctor

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 What is it

Processing Questions: Write your answer on your journal book.

1. Can you identify with any of the characters mentioned – Manny, Pia and Dr. Rose? In what way?
2. What lessons can you learn from the character you have chosen?
3. How would you like your life story to be told?

What’s More

ACTIVITY :

Review the success stories of Manny Pacquiao, Pia Alonzo and Dr. Rose Zeta-Capeding. What do you
think was the recipe for the success of these well-featured individuals?
Now make your personal recipe for achieving personal goals. Identify your goal (you may refer to the
previous activity of aspects of self-inspired by the success stories) and break it down into a recipe.

Here is a sample of recipe as your reference :

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

INGREDIENTS:
1 TEASPOON OF IDEAS ½ CUP OF GOODWILL
1 PINCH OF POSITIVITY ¾ CUP OF IMAGINATION
1 LB OF LEADERSHIP 2 SPOONFULS OF TEAMWORK
1 CUP OF MARKET VISION 3 TABLESPOONS OF CHALLENGE AND
AND 1 BAG OF HOPE!

What Have I Learned

Answer the question by explaining you understanding based on the lesson.

As a Senior High School student, how could integrate the different aspects of self so you can
become a successful person?

What Can I do

In this time of pandemic , what would be the best way to be of help to your family and
community?

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 Lesso APPLYING POWER TRIAD TO DAILY
n LIFE SITUATIONS
3

What I Need to Know

This lesson will help the learners apply what they learn from
the power triad , that when they are aware on their thoughts
,feelings and actions in making right judgements , these will
lead them to succeed in life .

What I Know
Answer the questions based on you have learned from the previous lesson.
Explain in your own understanding on this phrase:
“ Success is about right mindset, emotional resilience and proper behavior.”

What’s New

Reading: THE STORY OF THE TWO WOLVES

The following is an old Cherokee Indian story that is enlightening and helpful. One
evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He
said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all." "It is a terrible fight and it
is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He
continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness,
benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going
on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a

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 minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply
replied, "The one you feed".
Knowing which wolf to feed is the first step towards recognizing you have
control over your own self. Have you ever had thoughts, feelings or acted in ways that
were unacceptable to yourself but felt powerless to control? The purpose of this story
is to help you find ways to manage your mind so that you can live your life more in
accordance with what your own judgment says is best for you. As we grow up, we
gradually become aware of the many things in the external world which are largely
beyond our ability to control. These include other people in general and most events in
our lives. Initially this is difficult to accept, but a more shocking realization is that there
are many things about ourselves that we seem powerless to control.
Some of these are our own thoughts, feelings, and actions which unfortunately
can be the source of much distress. It may be thoughts such as “I cannot stop hating my
teacher for not giving me high grades.” It may involve an emotion e.g. “My girlfriend left
me and I cannot stop feeling sad, lonely and unloved.”
It can also be in the form of a behavior such as the inability to control one's
craving for food such as cakes and chocolates.”
But are we indeed really powerless to control our own maladaptive thoughts,
feelings and actions? The grandfather’s answer "The one you feed" is deceivingly simple.
The results of psychological research indicate that there are at least four important
concepts or ideas implied by the answer:
1. The mind is not the unitary entity it seems to us but consists of different
parts.
For example, in the story there are the two wolves and the “you” that
chooses between them.
2. These parts of the mind/brain can interact and be in conflict with each
other i.e. the two wolves fight for dominance over our mind and
behavior.
3. The “you” has the ability to decide which wolf it will feed.
4. Having made a choice, “you” can decide specifically how to “feed” or nurture the
selected wolf.
Source:http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/65/the-story-of-the-two-
wolvesmanaging-your-thoughts-feelings-and-actions.html

What I Can Do

Processing : Applying the power triad

THE STORY OF THE TWO WOLVES gives rise to a number of questions. Look into your thoughts ,
feelings and opinions on the following questions. By taking time to do this, you will learn to better
manage your mind ,feelings ,and actions and consciously feeding the good wolf in you.

• How aware are you of the two different opposing wolves” operating within your mind,
one which led to pain and diminished sense of life and the other to a joyous
,meaningful
and fulfilling life? When was the time you feel disappointed by the choice of behavior

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 because you knew that there was a more positive option but you just didn’t choose
it?
• What ways or techniques or exercises do you use to strengthen yourself so as to
increase its potency to choose and hence control your life?
• In what specific ways do you feed the negative wolf?
• What specific ways do you use to feed the positive wolf?

Assessment

Identify which aspect of self being referred in each statement.

1. It is represented by several aspects of self.
2. This aspect includes descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships
to friends and family.
3. An aspect which refers to your feelings both positive & negative, feelings from the past &
present, feeling associated with each other.
4. It is an assessment on how well you reason, solve problem, the wisdom you acquire, and
insights you have.
5. It includes descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance, quality of skin and body
areas.
6. The aspect of self that relates to your relationship with God and how you live your
faith and religion.
7. It is the aspect self which many individuals spent more time nd money to enhance their
appearance.
8. It is the most feared aspect of self because it is illusive and deceptive.
9. The aspect of self which the five senses take about the different ways
of information .
10.The aspect of self that is conscious or mindful of the proper foods to take to
keep healthy.

Additional Activities

So now, I want you to read the situation below and come up with a
rational thinking through your mind and whenever you find yourself
feeling depressed about what the article said give yourself a good talking-
to as well.
Suppose I read an article about a fatal disease and come to the conclusion, from
reading the symptoms, that I probably have the disease. I then become depressed. Late at
night I think about how I will soon be dead, and I feel more and more depressed as a result.
Clearly, the irrational feeling is the depression I am feeling. It is irrational because, until a
doctor examines me and confirms a diagnosis, I have no good reason for believing that I
actually have the disease in question. My irrational thinking is something like this:
I have all the symptoms described in the article. So I must have this awful disease. I am going
to die soon. My life is now meaningless. Why is this happening to me? Why me?

If you are in the situation, how are you going to apply the Power Triad
( Thoughts, feeling & Action)

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5 Interactional Self 9. Sensual Self
4. Spiritual Self 8. Emotional Self
7. Physical Self
3. Physical Self 6. Spiritual Self
2. Emotional Self 5. Physical self
4. Intellectual Self
1.Intellectual Self 3. Emotional Self
2. Interactional self
learned ( Lesson 1)
1. Self-concept
What I have
( Lesson 3 )
What I have learned

REFERENCES:

DepEd – Bureau of Learning Materials

PHINMA Araullo University Learning Materials

Roldan, Amelia S. (2003). On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality Development and

Character Building. AR Skills Development and Management Services (SDMS), Paranaque
City, Metro Manila.

http://www.innerwisdom.com/aspect-of-the-self.htm
https://www.kalibrr.com/advice/2015/05/manny-pacquiao-success-story-willl-inspireyou/
http://successstory.com/people/pia-alonzo-wurtzbac
http://www.philstar.com/business-life/2014/06/30/1340085/love-affair-got-me-
closegreat-doctor

http://www.innerwisdom.com/aspect-of-the-self.htm
https://www.kalibrr.com/advice/2015/05/manny-pacquiao-success-story-willl-
inspireyou/
http://successstory.com/people/pia-alonzo-wurtzbac
http://www.philstar.com/business-life/2014/06/30/1340085/love-affair-got-me-
closegreat-
http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/65/the-story-of-the-two-wolvesmanaging-your-
thoughts-feelings-and-actions.html
Department of Education
Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-BLR)

Araullo University
Personal Development Learning Materials

http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/65/the-story-of-the-two-wolvesmanaging-your-
thoughts-feelings-and-actions.html

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