Emotional well-being comes from lots of places and practices. We face a variety of challenges in our present lives and there are useful techniques we can use to deal, either as preparation or as recovery.
If, for example, we struggle with stress (who doesn’t?), we can prepare for stressful situations with a technique called conscious breath control. This is exactly what it sounds like. We pay attention to our breath and we choose to slow it down to stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system. If we’ve been stressed, we can choose any of a variety of meditation techniques to chill ourselves back out.
When our emotions are all over the place, or if we think they’re going to be, we have other options. To prepare, we can use positive affirmations. Recovery from emotional chaos is helped by mindfulness, simply acknowledging our present state and letting it be what it is without glomming on to it.
When we face difficult decisions, we can prepare by brainstorming. In the aftermath, we can recover by allowing ourselves to daydream about other possible outcomes we might want.
What works best for you?