Emotional Wellness

Emotional Wellness is our core.  It is the heart of the 7 Aspects of Wellness.  Emotional Wellness encompasses all of our feelings.  Those might be generalized anxiety, panic attacks, depression or mood swings if we are upset; contentment, ease, confidence and hopefulness if we are happy.  Whatever we feel has a direct impact on how we perceive challenges and stress in our lives.

When we explore our Emotional Wellness, we discover who we are, gain personal insight into why we feel and behave the way we do, and learn new ways to deal with the ups and downs of life.  Emotional Wellness involves learning how to handle stress and understanding when our emotions are off kilter.  It doesn’t mean that we will never have negative feelings.  Instead, Emotional Wellness means being connected to our emotions, being able to name and understand them, and knowing how to handle them, whatever they may be.

Everyone has coping mechanisms.  Some of them are healthy; some are ultimately destructive.  Emotional Wellness often means letting our negative emotions surface so that we can then learn to deal with them in a healthy, helpful way.  It also means learning new behaviors for challenging emotional situations.  Anger management, self-esteem issues, emotional IQ, and healthy personal expression are all a part of Emotional Wellness.  Learning not to take things so personally, known as internal boundary setting, is also an important part of an emotionally balanced life.

Author: The 123 Feel Better Company
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