HCCS Emotional and Physical Exercises for Personal Growth Speech Discussion

As a way to celebrate International Women’s Day, YouTube encouraged people to empower young women with the #DearMe campaign. The #DearMe campaign asks digital creators around the world to upload “video letters”to their younger selves that provide the advice and encouragement that they wish they had heard when they were younger. Although the initial focus was on young girls, these video letters apply to anyone wishing to tell their younger selves or others a supportive, clarifying, and/or realistic message. A quick search of the videos yields an array of messages, perspectives, and identities. In this section, you have been learning about how your self-perceptions and others’ perceptions of you have, in part, formed who you are.

Part 1 – Write a letter to your younger self. What advice would you give your younger self? What part does perception play in your message to your younger self?

Part 2 – Write a letter to your future self. Set goals for yourself, make a prediction about the world

Reflections should focus on your own experiences, and how the knowledge learned can be applied to better

improve your personal and professional communication skills. Reflections should be a minimum of 1.5 pages –

using Times New Roman, 12-point font, one-inch margins, single-spaced. It should include a heading with your

name, course number, paper title, and professor’s name. You do not need to use MLA or citations. Think of

reflection assignments as a focused journal entry – NOT an essay or research paper. Review the example posted

under FAQs for an example.