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Can-Do and Tips to Maintain Emotional Health!

 
Our success in work and relationships depends on good emotional health.

Strong, positive feelings project outwards from us and when they do, life is easier, less stressful and we get more of what we want.

Here are some tips to help:

Every day, notice something that you are grateful for.

In work, this may be your work friends, or something you did well.

In relationships, imagine something your partner does, or your child’s smile. This focuses your mind on good things and promotes positive feelings inside.

Pay attention to sleeping. Good sleep patterns can prevent depression and promotes positive emotional health, as you sort the day’s events and put them to rest.

Get enough, and if you are having trouble sleeping, eat early, get your jobs done and then create a relaxing routine.

Don’t watch the late news. Enough sleep increases your work performance and makes you less crabby with colleagues.

Every week, make sure that you do something that makes you really happy, such as spending time with family and friends, or time alone with a good book.
 
If you don’t know what makes you happy, imagine the last time you were, and what made you happy – the people, the place, the activity, and do more of it.

In work, take some exercise at lunch time. Brisk walking in the open air is enough to get your body fit and able to manage the stresses back at the office.

Every month, do something for someone else.

This can be a household job that is usually your partners or mum’s, or something for a local charity, like delivering leaflets. Doing selfless activities promotes your positive feelings about you, and increases metal well being.

Organise your work friends to do the same, either by contacting the local blood donor service to come to your workplace or adopting a charity and having monthly events.

Yearly, make sure you have two weeks off.

Even if you can’t get away, have a holiday from your usual activities. Ban TV, create meals from different countries and keep your phone off. A rest gives you time to reflect, recharging mental and physical batteries.

Once a year, do something completely different, in work or career this may be taking on a new project that makes you learn new skills or at home a new hobby or activity.

This keeps your mind active and fulfils needs to be challenged and stretched.

Need help with your emotional health? Contact me for a chat 07721 410813 sue@freedomfinders.co.uk

Sue Roberts Cognitive Hypnotherapy , NLP and Life Coaching in Burnham Maidenhead Slough