Emotional Fitness is the development and consistent training of emotional skills which allow individuals to regulate their energy and manage their intensity of emotions, so that people are able to respond, and live in concordant with human values, regardless of adversity. Emotions are a biological imperative and central to living strong, resilient lives. Read an overview to help explain emotional health and the part this play in our wellbeing. Salutogenesis is the theory of building wellbeing through the development of human assets.
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Emotional Health
Emotional Health
Emotions are pivotal to human life and can determine the quality and growth of our lives. We see, we feel; we hear, we feel; we touch, we feel; we smell, we feel; we taste, we feel: An unnegotiable, biological process. What is negotiable is how well we develop our capacity to emote, and whether we prioritise and nurture attention to our feelings and those of others.
Emotions, therefore, are a biological imperative; they are the jewels or gems of our existence, given their value, their fragility and their role to facilitate functional and adaptive behaviours.
People are complex systems of thinking, feeling and responding using attitudes and actions. The human ability to be aware, attend to, label and manage feelings in order to better respond to the demands of our environment, is referred to as, Emotional Fitness.
