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• Personal relationships

  Close connections between people, formed by emotional bonds and interactions
• Three kinds of personal relationships


  • Family
  • Friends
  • Partnership
• Family


  • Two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and who live together as one household
  • Characteristics: support, mutual trust, regular interactions, shared beliefs and values, security, and a sense of community
• Friendship


  • A close tie between two people that is often built upon mutual experiences, shared interests, proximity, and emotional bonding
  • Friends are able to turn to each other in times of need
  • The average person has about six close ties, though some have more, and many have only one or none
  • Online friends don't count toward close ties—research indicates that a large online network isn't nearly as powerful as having a few close, real-life friends
• Partnership


  • Romantic partnerships, including marriage, are close relationships formed between two people that are built upon affection, trust, intimacy, and romantic love
  • We usually experience this kind of relationship with only one person at a time
• Healthy relationships can help you: Live longer, Deal with stress, Be healthier, Feel richer
• Low social support is linked to a number of health consequences, such as: Depression, Decreased immune function, High blood pressure
• Most common relationship problems


  • Affairs / infidelity / cheating
  • Sexual issues
  • Differences in core values
  • Life stages
  • Traumatic
  • Stress
  • Bored in or with Your Relationship
  • Jealousy
  • Blended family issues
  • Domestic violence
  • Lack of responsibility
  • Unrealistic expectations
  • Addiction
• Characteristics of healthy relationships


  • Partners are treated with respect
  • Partners are honest with each other
  • Partners like to spend time together
  • Partners take interest on things that are important with each other
  • Partners respect one another's emotional, physical and sexual limits
  • Partners can speak honestly about their feelings
• Basic rights in a relationship


  • The right to emotional support
  • The right to be heard by the other and to respond
  • The right to have your own point of view, even if this differs from your partner's
  • The right to have your feelings and experiences acknowledged as real
  • The right to live free from accusation and blame
  • The right to live free from criticism and judgment
  • The right to live free from emotional and physical threat
  • The right to live free from angry outbursts and rage
  • The right to be respectfully asked, rather than ordered
• In addition to these basic relationships rights, consider how you can develop patience, honesty, kindness, and respect
• Ways to nurture your relationships


  • Connect with your family
  • Practice gratitude
  • Learn to forgive
  • Be compassionate
  • Accept others
  • Create rituals together
  • Spend the right amount of time together
• Ten Rules For Finding Love And Creating Long lasting Authentic Relationships


  • You Must Love Yourself First
  • Partnering Is A Choice Must Nurture The Relationship For It To Thrive
  • Creating Love Is A Process
  • Relationships Provide Opportunities To Grow
  • Communication Is Essential
  • Negotiation Will Be Required
  • Your Relationship Will Be Challenged By Change
  • You Must Nurture The Relationship For It To Thrive
  • Renewal Is The Key To Longevity
  • You Will Forget All This The Moment You Fall In Love
• Self-assessment


  An individual's ability to gather information about his or her interest, skills and abilities, values and personality type
• Career


  The part of life that is concerned with employment
• Career plan


  • Can best be determined through an interest inventory
  • An achievement test
  • A personality test
  • A goal-setting process
• Information to include in a career profile


  • Ethics
  • Education
  • Values
  • Standards
• Goal in the career domain


  I want to be a lawyer
• Career plan for Paulo to become a pilot


  1. Obtains a bachelor's degree

  2. Obtains a pilot's license

  3. Goes to an apprentice school

  4. Works at a gas station
• Last stage in the career planning process

  Career Plan Implementation
• SMART process


  Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound
• Career goal


  A well-defined statement explaining the profession that an individual intends to pursue throughout his career
• Goal


  A desired result that you envisioned, planned, and committed to achieve
• Career planning


  The process of making educational and career choices based on self-evaluation done by a person to have a strong career path
• Making decisions


  The process of making logical choices from the available options by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative solutions
• Short-term goal


  Something that you want to do soon or something you want to accomplish today, this week, this month, or even this year
• Long-term goal


  Something you want to do further in the future that requires time and planning
• Steps in making a career plan

  Assess, Explore, Set Goals, Expand skills, Find job, Manage Career
• Setting unrealistic goals can lead to disappointments
• Career planning


  The process of making educational and career choices based on knowledge of oneself and of the environment
• Stages of the career planning process


  1. Self-assessment

  2. Knowledge of academic-career options

  3. In-depth evaluation and goal-setting

  4. Career plan implementation
• Self-assessment


  An individual's ability to gather information about his or her interests, skills and abilities, values, and personality type
• Knowledge of academic-career options


  An individual's ability to gather information about the world of work
• Short-term goal


  Something you want to do soon, in the near future (today, this week, this month, or this year)
• Long-term goal


  Something you want to do further in the future, requiring much longer time and planning
• Steps to make a career plan


  1. Assess yourself

  2. Explore careers

  3. Set goals

  4. Expand your skills

  5. Find a job

  6. Manage your career
• Tips to increase chances of successfully following your plans:
• Group membership and leadership


  Improves your social relationships
• How culture shapes many aspects of adolescent development


  • Parents
  • Peers
  • Community
  • Society
• Teenagers who join youth groups and other clubs are happier and less likely to drink