Have you had an Emotional Health Check?

This is a serious discourse because of the times we are living in. Too often we are driven along the emotional roller-coaster of life we forget to stop and assess our emotional level of wellbeing.

 An emotional health check is if you  like , a state of the union meeting with your mind, body and spirit. The aim is an emotional MOT, designed  to verify where and if you might be lacking. This should be conducted at least every 3months. Mini reviews should be done every weekend. I call this: "steal a moment, gain a life". Basically, if you are doing these mini self evaluation it will enable you to identify cracks in your emotional well being. Ensuring issues identified can be resolved before they fester and harm or disrupt your positive energies.

 "Steal a moment, gain a life" : a process by which we identify frailties in our emotional well being and by so doing, live a longer and more productive life.

Our emotional status is often governed by the people we share our lives with. Be it employers, family, friends lovers or casual acquaintance. And so the questions are: 

A. Where do you start?

Ans: Always With do I love myself?

Without loving who you are, you cannot begin to love nor appreciate others. Nor they you. With this answered we need to look at what I call "the emotional template"  These are codes of conducts by which you live your life and may include the following:

A. Do I take ownership for my actions?

B. What energies am I projecting?

C. What's perceived, what's real?

D. Am I striking an emotional balance?

E. Am I worthy?

F. What are my core beliefs?

Most of the above are self explanatory, so I shan't be explaining each "coc" Suffice to say, that each action begins with the first step. Essentially, do I have issues that require an emotional rinse cycle. Once identified, the elephant in the room can be taken out to graze. 

What are the benefits of an emotional health check?

Many would assume the answer or answers were obvious. However, think about it this way. If you've never had a breakdown, how would you recognise you needed treatment. Point here is, we should never assume. The lines between serenity and madness is very thin. Our daily pursuit of paying the bill leaves us very little time to even consider the madness within. We only really find consciousness once we have found damage. 

The purpose of my piece is to generate conversation and a momentum for self analysis and awareness. An emotional health check will give you mind, body and spiritual balance. This equilibrium will help you find perception and understanding of others. 

In the next piece, we shall examine: Body and in the final part: Spirituality. 

Remember: runningwater flows thru a myriads of sources.

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