{"id":142716,"date":"2022-02-15T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regenesys.net\/reginsights\/?p=142716"},"modified":"2022-02-15T08:25:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:25:22","slug":"7-ways-to-improve-mental-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regenesys.net\/reginsights\/7-ways-to-improve-mental-wellness","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Improve Mental Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much has been said about emotional wellbeing and its connection to our ongoing wellness and happiness, perhaps because it is the most \u2018visible\u2019 of the mental wellbeing pillars. If someone cries, for example, we say that they are \u2018emotional\u2019. But emotional wellbeing is about more than just \u2018being emotional\u2019 and we will explore this in today\u2019s article.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quick reminder: <\/span>emotional wellbeing refers to our ability to produce positive emotions, moods, thoughts, and feelings. It also refers to our ability to confront stressful situations and how resilient we are under pressure<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At this stage of our engagement, we can agree that the lives we live and the daily exposure we must face, pressure, and stress have been elevated through what we have gone through. These uncertainties have manifested differently for everybody and how we dealt with it as well. But before we talk about how we can improve our skills when emotions are getting the best of us, let\u2019s have a look at the difference between thoughts, moods, emotions, and feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thoughts reflect how you think, beliefs reflect how you feel, and behaviour reflects how you react on an everyday basis. Moods and emotions are affected by our thoughts and are influenced by our beliefs. For example: if you <\/span>think<\/b> (thoughts) that it is bad to throw trash out of your car window, it is probably because you <\/span>believe<\/b> that littering is wrong and when you see someone doing it, you probably react by shouting at them, because it makes you angry (which is an <\/span>emotion<\/b>). So, as you can see from the example, there is a constant link between our emotions and our thoughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being in a continuous negative emotional state may have serious consequences for your overall wellness. It can cause lower immunity (as stress weakens the immune system); hypertension (long-term stress worsens blood pressure); increased risk of mental illness, relationship issues, work related issues, and you will have trouble concentrating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taking care of our emotional wellbeing is therefore critical to our overall wellness and, contrary to popular belief, it is something that you can manage through practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Build emotional intelligence<\/span><\/h2>\n

Emotional intelligence is our ability to recognise, understand and use our emotions positively to cope with managing relationships and communicate effectively. There are four cornerstones to emotional intelligence which explains how it could be used practically:<\/span><\/p>\n