How many of us find it hard to balance our emotions so that we keep at the top of our game emotionally and physically? If we're emotionally well, we can stay physically well for longer.

It is important to stay emotionally and physically well. Although we may try to stay emotionally well, some of the issues we deal with aren’t always easy to get past.

My suggestions below may be helpful:

  • Make a mental note of your feelings. Try to work out why you have the feelings you have;
  • Always focus on the positive. It’s a good way to stay emotionally focused. Focusing on the positive allows you to continue to attract positivity;
  • Physical health is important: take care of it. Try to exercise, eat healthy foods and get the right amount of sleep;
  • Stay connected with friends who elevate you, and who make you feel good about yourself;
  • Take up a hobby or find something that interests you;
  • Social networking can help you stay in touch with people you know, but don’t always get to see;
  • Don’t dwell on the things you have no control over. Keep past experiences firmly in the past. The focus must be on the thoughts you want to attract, so keeping your thoughts in the present is important;
  • Find your inner calm. It is important because without it, nothing else will work effectively.

We are more likely to handle stress, family and our lives better when we can achieve good emotional health. We are also more likely to be able to work through our issues and challenges with a clear head.

Making changes are never easy, but if we all managed to change just one thing, I believe it would go some way to helping us stay emotionally well.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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8 comments on “Staying emotionally well”

  1. Yes, thanks for sharing your positive message. It helps a lot when you feel emotionally well. I hope I can continue to do this in the future!

    1. I know you can Randy, you just have to believe you can make any changes you need to make. Thanks for posting.

  2. You bring up a lot of interesting points. I feel as if a lot of them are related to one another. In some ways working on one point helps with working on or taking a step towards working and dealing with another.

    1. You are absolutely right LeAnna, that is exactly how it works. There are different aspects of what we deal with emotionally, but all that we deal with is completely linked with each other. Thanks for posting and for your support.

  3. Great points! I do have problems with some of the things you mention like leaving the past.I use to be horrible about this but I've gotten a lot better and I check myself before I say anything to people especially my mom cause she is the one that always points out to me how I do this.

    A hobby is great too. I just need to make myself slow down and do it. I have several outside interests and have all the equipment to do them I just don't slow down enough... and just chilling is a great way to minimize stress and emotionally unwind.

    We need to focus on positive thoughts and not sit and dwell on the negative things. We just have to make ourselves do these things to keep sane.

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