What is the relationship between mindfulness and self awareness?

The best way I could describe it is through the notion of attentiveness, within the body and the mind. Being able to focus on something without being judgemental of the thoughts themselves.

Being mindful is like self-awareness. Being self-aware requires an amount of attentiveness, and being self-aware means you are aware of the thoughts and feelings that your mind and body go through.

Mindfulness has an element of focus and attention that keeps your thoughts from building into (to use the metaphor in the book) a patch of dark clouds.

Try at least one of the self awareness practices from the chapter (Body Scan, Journaling).

What was your experience of it? How did you feel?

For the past couple of days, I gave a journaling a go, a practice I had been meaning to try in the past.

The first session lasted for five minutes, and based on the output that I gave, had made me realize how much is processing in my mind at any given time.

It made me feel non-judgemental, like I had discovered someone elses journal and discovered secrets of someone else I thought I knew.

What did you take away from the "My Emotions Are Not Me" section?

This is something I have personally struggled with over the years, and what I did take away from this section of the book, is the sincerity and earnestness. Emotional Regulation has been a part of my self discovery and self-care.

Emotions can come at me like waves and reading this section has put things into perspective.