What Do Feelings Have to Do WIth Wellbeing?

Are you aware of how your feelings affect your bodily processes? Can some feelings be hard to manage or accept?  Managing feelings can lead to improved wellbeing.

Feeling is the 6th dimension in our Wellness Inventory program.  Feelings are core to our human experience. Feelings act as our internal guidance system.  It is important to be able to be open to a full range of emotions.  Being able to experience joy is essential as is the ability to appropriately express anger in ways that resolve issues.   Taking the time during the day to ask yourself how you are feeling is beneficial.   It is equally beneficial to be able to graciously accept positive feedback from others. The importance of positive emotions has been shown to improve health and longevity.  If we focus on what we want and what is going well our feeling state can improve.  Practicing appreciation and gratitude can have a positive impact on our wellbeing.  The well-known psychologist and pioneer in the study of self-compassion, Kristin Neff, says it is common to beat ourselves up for faults big and small. But she says that self-criticism comes at a price.  It makes us anxious, dissatisfied with our life and even depressed.