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I wore my smart watch for a year and a half. I enjoyed being aware of my steps, active minutes, REM sleep and resting heart rate. I noticed after a few months, I was checking it all the time and started to become fixated on the numbers. I observed that if I didn’t close all…

As a psychology student, we were taught the power of awareness. By simply bringing any thought, feeling, emotion or reaction to the front of our attention, we can then help people to “deal with” or “cope” or “resolve” their issues.  As helpful as this process is, I have often wondered how much awareness is too…

METACOGNITION: “The process of metacognition implies that an individual is aware of their own cognitive processes. This is the proposed ability to become conscious of one’s own cognitive processes and later have the ability to attempt to control them. Being aware the root of most behavior, which is either wanted or unwanted begins with our…