Emotional Health = Physical Health: 10 Ways To Feel
Great!
"The root
cause of 85% of illness is related to emotional or psychological issues."
-- Dr. Norman Shealy, MD
The intimate connection between body, mind, and spirit has been known and honored in Eastern medicine for millennia.
But only relatively recently have we begun to see that emotional health is
directly connected to physical heath.
Now we know: Neglect your
emotional and spiritual health, and sooner or later it will take a toll on your
physical body. Thousands of Western studies have now finally proven this
mind-body connection.
Yet many people have not yet made
this connection or been exposed to the power of this information. However, as
the information discovered by quantum physics continues to become more
widespread, more and more people are starting to understand that at our root
level we are energy beings. Thus, energy has a big impact on how we feel, heal,
and thrive in our environments.
We're finally beginning to see
the human being as not just a body that is machine-like and gets “fixed” when
it breaks, but a complex energy field that is constantly interacting with its
environment on a multi-dimensional level. Thus every single disease comes only
after enough emotional, mental and spiritual imbalance has occurred within and
was not addressed.
Here are a few tips for
maintaining emotional balance:
1. Maintain good physical health.
This point is so basic it's often
overlooked. Our physical health affects our emotional health much more than we
realize. Make sure to eat well, exercise and get plenty of sleep.
As Virgil said: "The greatest wealth is health."
2. Learn to release anger and let
go of grudges.
Vent if you have to then shake it
off. Walk it off. Harboring anger or ill feelings builds emotional toxicity,
which ultimately affects your overall health.
"For every minute you are
angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." -- Anonymous
3. Be aware.
Look for the hidden message or
lesson in negative or difficult situations. Learn from them. Experiencing
adversity is meant to alert you to something or teach you a new skill.
As legendary NFL quarterback
Brett Favre said, "Life
deals you a lot of lessons, some people learn from them, some people
don't."
4. Keep your brain active.
Don't let complacency or boredom
set in. In order to feel alive and vibrant, we need to keep our minds active by
learning new things and challenging ourselves.
"If I had to live my life
again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at
least once a week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied could thus
have been kept active through use." -- Charles Darwin
5. Stimulate your senses.
As well as keeping your mind
active, enjoy beautiful art, listen to music that lifts your spirits or try a
new gourmet dish. Our senses need to be reawakened every now and then
too.
"Man has no Body distinct
from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five
Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age." -- William Blake
6. Have fun and don't take
yourself too seriously.
Balance in life is important for
maintaining emotional health. Too much emphasis on work causes stress as well
as wear and tear on the body and mind. Take time off; go to the beach, the park
or a movie to take your mind off your current quandaries. Chances are when you
come back you will see things from a fresher, more productive
perspective.
"I hope life isn't a big
joke, because I don't get it." -- Jack Handey
7. Maintain supportive
relationships.
Maintain good relationships with friends and family for much needed feedback, a shoulder to
lean on or a different perspective. Often we get so caught up in our own
problems and misery we can't see the forest for the trees. Having an objective
pair of eyes and ears can give you a whole new way of thinking.
"Someone to tell it to is
one of the fundamental needs of human beings." -- Miles Franklin
8. Share.
Donate your old clothes,
furniture or items you don't use anymore to your local Goodwill, Salvation
Army, or charity of your choice.
It will make you feel good, first
by helping someone out and secondly by cleaning out your closets and basements
of 'stuff' you haven't put to use in a long time.
"For it is in the giving
that we receive." -- St. Francis of Assisi
9. Relax.
Take some yoga classes, learn to
meditate or incorporate a relaxation technique into your routine. Besides
having fun and not taking yourself too seriously, it's a good idea to integrate
tools for relaxation into your routine for those times when life gets somewhat
overwhelming. Having many methods to fall back on ensures emotional well being.
"If a man insisted always on
being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun or relaxation, he would
go mad or become unstable without knowing it." -- Herodotus
10. Learn to have gratitude for
exactly where you are.
How many times have we heard that
life is too short? We get so caught up in the whirlwind that we forget to live
in the present moment and realize how lucky we really are. And in those times
we're not caught up in the whirlwind, we're worrying about the future. It's
time to slow down and enjoy the now!
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