There can be no doubt that emotional wellness and emotional intelligence go hand in hand. But what does it mean to be emotionally well? Is it something mysterious and unattainable? Or is it something that anyone can achieve?
This article will explore these questions and discuss how emotional wellness appears and how the lives of emotionally well people appear.
Definitions are a Good Place to Begin
The National Center for Emotional Wellness is an organization committed to fostering emotional wellness by offering information, strategies, guidance, and support to those in need, including workplaces, communities, healthcare systems, and survivors of mass casualty events. They offer the following definition of emotional wellness.
“Emotional Wellness refers to an awareness, understanding, and acceptance of our feelings, and our ability to manage effectively through challenges and change.”
No one escapes the fact that life is complicated and full of challenges. However, how you cope with these issues determines how emotionally well you are and shows your true self. Emotional wellness is about embracing the goodness in your life and seeing your life’s glass as half full instead of half empty.
When you are tuned into your emotions, you can understand and be more attuned to your body and act on your emotions more reliably. Remaining in the now and not forecasting into the future or looking back at the past is vital to becoming and being emotionally well.
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