How to Navigate Emotional Wellbeing

                                                                                                             - Ms. Manisha Varma

Ms. Manisha Varma is a Counselling Psychologist with over two decades of rich experience working with youth across the spectrum of psychological and wellbeing concerns.

Emotional Well-being forms a part of our daily living. Every single day we go through a range of emotions based on internal and external situations. They can influence our actions. Consider To-Do's to manage emotions and ensure emotional well-being for a fruitful life.

Here is how you can navigate the Emotional Wellbeing space:-

1. Keep your genuine mood forward

Moods are waves, they visit you in daily experiences. Some waves are acceptable and taken for granted while others are rejected and denied. Yet, all said and done, you are bound to experience the pleasant and unpleasant. Try you may have the most pleasant one, yet, it doesn't seem authentic to fake it.

Expressing what makes you discontented, makes you an open person for the other if the other cares for you. They then get an opportunity to consider your perspectives and provide necessary support.

This mirroring experience helps derive insights. You can look at the path ahead with comparative ease. It is settling in with a shifting perspective that gives the necessary motivation to tread further.

Moods need space to settle; allowing genuineness helps.

2. Trust Yourself for your efforts

Often, you may attach your sense of Self to your achievements and keep score in comparison to others. That often mars self-confidence. That is expected of seeking external validation. In short, you leaned your ladder against the wrong wall to feel better about yourself.

The only thing that can bring a sense of true fulfilment is the actions you take or the efforts you apply. You could reflect at the end of the day about your attempts to attend to various agendas and express your gratitude. This way you have enabled yourself to thrive on your own.

3. Set Healthy Boundaries

Boundaries are inherent guidelines you decide and display to ensure justice and safety. These guidelines apply to personal and professional contexts. They serve as a gift to your healthy functioning.

Boundaries define acceptable parameters for those involved. Healthy boundaries usually give equal scope to all parties involved. People's commitment and involvement then get influenced.

4. Keep a Stress-busting Regime

Keep a close check on the activities that bring a sense of ease and comfort to you.

Integrate them into your daily routine. This could give you a buffer from the otherwise grand list of tasks which can weigh you down. Despite them needing our energy and attention for all the right reasons.

Keeping regular unwinding activities at your disposal ensures that you open up to the boundless creative energy to function on decision-making and reasoning agendas.

5. Befriend your Life Situations

It takes both patience and courage to stay in your unique life situations. One key factor is acceptance of all the ongoings. Things may not be the way you want them to be. People may or may not be supportive or cooperative to suit your way of thinking. The earlier you hold a willingness to understand the uniqueness of your situation-personality combination, the better equipped you are for the next set of experiences.

Emotional Well-being is about staying true to one's emotions. It is about expressing, regulating and equipping, all three implemented to the best of one's ability. 👈👍

Know what helps your Emotional Well-being and reach out if you feel any block in the process. 👐