Self-awareness isn’t just about knowing who you are.

It’s also about understanding what is happening within you, here and now: what you feel, what you think, and how these inner states influence what you do.

“You are not your emotions, but the one who observes them.”

Learning to observe what you feel without criticising yourself is how you cultivate emotional intelligence: the ability to recognise, understand, and manage your inner states before they take over.