Emotional health is an important part of overall well-being. It involves being in control of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which helps us to cope with life’s challenges, keep problems in perspective, and bounce back from setbacks.
Being emotionally healthy doesn’t mean you are happy all of the time. It means you are aware of your emotions and can deal with them, whether they are positive or negative. Emotionally healthy people still feel stress, anger, and sadness, but they know how to manage these feelings. They can also tell when a problem is more than they can handle on their own and they know when to seek help.
Being emotionally healthy doesn’t mean you are happy all of the time. It means you are aware of your emotions and can deal with them, whether they are positive or negative. Emotionally healthy people still feel stress, anger, and sadness, but they know how to manage these feelings. They can also tell when a problem is more than they can handle on their own and they know when to seek help.
Things to Try:
Research shows that emotional health is a skill. There are steps you can take to improve your emotional health and be happier.
Boost your daily dose of positive emotions.
Cultivate an “Attitude of Gratitude.”
Process stress in a healthy way.
- Increase your emotional awareness and intelligence.
- Watch your thinking traps and learn to reframe them.
- Learn about depression.
- Ideas for managing depression.
Boost your daily dose of positive emotions.
- Positive emotions not only help us to feel good, they also reduce stress, increase our resilience and performance, and help us to grow.
- Make laughter a priority.
Cultivate an “Attitude of Gratitude.”
- Gratitude makes us feel good while also benefiting us socially, physically and psychologically.
- Gratitude can transform the workplace.
- Create a gratitude practice with these research-based strategies.
- Check out this informational flyer about gratitude.
- More ideas here about practicing gratitude!
Process stress in a healthy way.
Books to Read:
Positivity by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson.
Learned Optimism by Dr. Martin Seligman.
Flourish by Dr. Martin Seligman.
The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff.
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You and How to Get Good at It by Dr. Kelly McGonigal
The Anxious Lawyer: An 8 Week Guide to a Happier, Saner Law Practice Using Meditation by Jeena Cho & Karen Gifford
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life’s Hurdles by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shattee
Articles to Read:
Well-Being Strategies for Solos and Small Firms by Anne Brafford.
5 Ways Bosses Can Reduce The Stigma of Mental Health At Work by Diana O'Brien & Jen Fisher
How to Manage an Employee With Depression by Kristen Bell De Tienne et al.
Employers Should Offer Free Screenings For Depression by Douglas Jacobs.
What Companies Can Do To Help Employees Address Mental Health Issues by Barbara Harvey
Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People by Jennifer Moss
Manage Your Emotional Culture by Barsade & O'Neil.
Positivity by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson.
Learned Optimism by Dr. Martin Seligman.
Flourish by Dr. Martin Seligman.
The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff.
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You and How to Get Good at It by Dr. Kelly McGonigal
The Anxious Lawyer: An 8 Week Guide to a Happier, Saner Law Practice Using Meditation by Jeena Cho & Karen Gifford
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life’s Hurdles by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shattee
Articles to Read:
Well-Being Strategies for Solos and Small Firms by Anne Brafford.
5 Ways Bosses Can Reduce The Stigma of Mental Health At Work by Diana O'Brien & Jen Fisher
How to Manage an Employee With Depression by Kristen Bell De Tienne et al.
Employers Should Offer Free Screenings For Depression by Douglas Jacobs.
What Companies Can Do To Help Employees Address Mental Health Issues by Barbara Harvey
Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People by Jennifer Moss
Manage Your Emotional Culture by Barsade & O'Neil.
Videos to Watch:
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Jon Krop, a lawyer and meditation teacher, offers practical mindfulness strategies to manage anxiety.
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TED Fellow Sangu Delle talks about confronting his own deep prejudice that men shouldn’t take care of their mental health and learning to handle anxiety in a society that’s uncomfortable with emotions.
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Guided by a downloadable Worksheet, attorney Anne Brafford gives 6 steps for resilient thinking based on positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Guided by a downloadable Worksheet, attorney Anne Brafford explains 8 science-backed activities for boosting positive emotions: (1) Prioritize Positivity, (2) Notice & Savor Positive Emotions, (3) Grow Your Gratitude, (4) Do Acts of Kindness, (5) Identify & Use Your Strengths, (6) Pick & Practice Positive Emotions, (7) Align Your Life With Your Goals & Values, and (8) Mindfulness & Meditation.
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Lawyer Olivia Ash discusses loneliness in the legal profession and offers science-backed strategies to address it.
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In a very personal TED Talk, Jeremy Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men open up about their struggles.
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Lawyer Elina Teboul offers tips for boosting optimism for health and happiness.
Research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be true. In this TED Talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive.
TED Talk on the power of gratitude by Monk and interfaith scholar, David Steindl-Rast.
Esteemed scholar Dr. Roy Baumeister describes the evolutionary reasons why we notice and are more strongly impacted by negative emotions.