1. Chapter 3
Achieving Metal & Emotional Health
Lesson 1
Developing Your Self-Esteem

2. What is Mental and Emotional Health?
Mental and emotional health helps you function effectively each day.
Do you see yourself in a positive way? Are you able to handle challenges and setbacks well?

3. What Is Mental and Emotional Health?
Having good mental/emotional health is an important part of your total health.
mental/emotional health

4. The Importance of Mental and Emotional Health
Mentally healthy people are, in general:

5. Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health
Sense of Belonging
Recognizing that you have value helps you set and reach goals.
Positive Outlook
Being confident promotes your sense of independence.
Healthy Self-Esteem

6. Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health
Mentally and emotionally healthy people are resilient.
Resilient

7. Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health
Close friends

8. Self-Esteem
Healthy self-esteem is necessary for good mental/emotional health.

9. Self-Esteem
Self-esteem influences the other characteristics of good mental health.
Self-esteem

10. Trying new challenges can raise your sense of competence.
Self-Esteem
Trying new challenges can raise your sense of competence.
Competence

11. How You Develop Self-Esteem
Self-talk, can affect your self-esteem.
Self-Talk:
Replace negative thoughts with positive self-talk to

12. Benefits of Healthy Self-Esteem
Healthy Self-Esteem Helps You:
feel proud of yourself and your abilities, skills, and accomplishments.
have the confidence to try new things.

13. Improving Your Self-Esteem
You can improve your self-esteem and your overall mental and emotional health.

14. Improving Your Self-Esteem
Suggestions for Improving Your Self-Esteem.
Focus on positive aspects about yourself.
Work toward accomplishments rather than perfection.
Try new activities to discover your talents.

15. Improving Your Self-Esteem
Suggestions for Improving Your Self-Esteem.
Exercise regularly to feel more energized.
Accept the things you can’t change.

16. Developing Self-Awareness
Understanding your needs and meeting them in healthy ways will help you reach your highest potential.
As infants, we rely on others to meet our basic needs.

17. Developing Self-Awareness
The psychologist Abraham Maslow created a theory called the hierarchy of needs that seeks to explain human development and motivation.
Hierarchy of needs

18. Developing Self-Awareness

19. Developing Self-Awareness
Maslow’s hierarchy shows that once our basic physical and safety needs are met, we become interested in meeting these needs:
The need to be valued and recognized.

20. Developing Self-Awareness
The fifth level of Maslow’s hierarchy is reaching potential, or achieving self-actualization.
Self-actualization

21. Developing Self-Awareness
As your self-awareness grows, you can begin
Reaching out to others can help you grow by

22. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
List the characteristics of good mental/emotional health.

23. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Define the term self-esteem.

24. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Identify the five levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.