raise (one's) consciousness

To increase one's awareness or understanding of one's own needs or the needs of others. Traveling abroad really raised my consciousness about the plight of the poor around the world.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sheryll	SHER-əl	English
Ronit (1)	-	Irish
Ilinka	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
BenjamÍN	ben-khah-MEEN (Spanish)	Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Icelandic
Lev (2)	-	Hebrew
Seppo (1)	SEP-po (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology