“Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotions, you lose yourself.
You must be at one with your emotions” – Bruce Lee
Our emotional wellbeing is not often talked about compared to our physical or mental health. Interestingly enough, they are all intertwined with each other, where one affects the other.
So why is there less emphasis on the emotional side of our wellbeing?
You can be the fittest, strongest and healthiest physically and mentally…but if your emotional health is neglected, then are you truly at your best in your overall well-being?
This is a question I think we should all be asking ourselves to deeply understand our overall well-being.
What is Emotional Self-Care?
Emotional self-care is a type of practice or routine to acknowledge and nurture your feelings to improve your emotional well-being. Simply put, it’s paying attention to your emotions at any given moment to understand why it’s happening and where it’s coming from.
To be able to effectively navigate your emotions, handle difficult situations and elevate your mood, you need to understand your emotions first. This is where emotional self-care comes in. Through the process of nurturing your inner self, you can truly start working towards a complete well-being of yourself.
Why is Emotional Self-Care Important?
Emotions are an inevitable part of us as humans; whether it’s sadness, anger, happiness, fear, anxiety, disappointment, loneliness…and the list goes on. Our emotions help us deal and navigate our situations and experiences, even the negative ones.
As unpleasant as some may be, they are there to teach us something in every situation. They help us identify our challenges as well as the good things in life.
Paying attention to our emotions and taking the necessary steps to understand them will be useful when dealing with all kinds of situations. How we feel at any given moment will tell us a lot about the situation itself and where we stand with it.
Practising emotional self-care allows us to better navigate our feelings to effectively handle any situations without letting it take over us.
Benefits of Emotional Self-Care
Emotional self-care allows us to be better at handling challenging situations and navigate the process more effectively. This naturally helps decrease stress leading to a better mental and physical health.
Taking care of our emotional health gives us control over them to better process them rather than taking over yourself. When you understand your emotions and have a sense of control over them, you make better decisions and are able to handle difficult experiences with much more ease.
Lastly, they help you in your healing process after any traumatic experiences or losses. Acknowledging and understanding your emotions allows you to let go and move on with your life.
Cup of Final Thoughts ????
As much as our emotions are part of human life, so are the challenges and difficult situations, and some are out of our control. How we choose to respond is up to us and taking care of emotional health will help you handle them efficiently.
There are many tools and products out there to help us with our physical and mental health, but scarce are the tools to help us with our emotional self.
This is where emotional self-care comes in, to help us better understand and deal with our feelings to elevate our mood and increase our emotional well-being. It doesn’t need to be expensive but it does require our time and effort.
