Emotional Wellness
What is emotional wellness? Are you there? How do you get there and maintain emotional wellness?
This week we share some information and RIT resources to help with these questions.
What is emotional wellness? Are you there? How do you get there and maintain emotional wellness?
This week we share some information and RIT resources to help with these questions.
"'Emotional wellness involves the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of our feelings,'" according to scholars at the University of California, Davis. While this definition of emotional wellness is undeniably true, it's incomplete..."
Read this article by Tanya Peterson at
healthyplace.com to learn more!
"How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health.
How you react to your experiences and feelings can change over time. Emotional wellness is the ability to successfully handle life's stresses and adapt to change and difficult times."
Check out this website for checklists on how to improve your health in each area.
"Being emotionally healthy does not mean you are happy all the time. It means you are aware of your emotions. You 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 their negative feelings."
"Research shows that emotional health is a skill."
Learn some steps you can take to improve your emotional health and be happier here.
RIT's Counseling and Psychological Services Office can help you recognize your emotions, identify appropriate ways to express them, and manage the stress that is part of college student life.
There are multiple ways to figure out what's important to you and begin to place focus there.
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