Experience gained from my 30+ years in practice as a cognitive-behavioral psychologist shows that with the right tools people readily learn to elevate and maintain emotional well-being and happiness.
At the Think Right
Feel Right Blogoscope you will find the behavioral tools and
techniques that help to ward off anxiety, depression and addiction. You will learn about ways to defeat troubling emotions such as anger,
worry and sadness. You will also find practical strategies for increasing self-esteem, positivity and for being a happier you.
Introduction
to the Recipe for Emotional Well-Being. One of the really
nice things about this recipe for Happiness and Emotional Well Being
is that you don't have to go anywhere or buy anything to use it. That's good, right? Also, the recipe is not difficult to follow. But before getting started here, if you haven't already done so,
please look over my last blog that describes a method to measure
emotional well-being. Reading this earlier post first will help you
understand what I am about to say.
As I mentioned in the
earlier post, the scale I use to gauge a person's level of emotional
well-being has four key components: intrinsic self-esteem,
peacefulness, the ability to minimize disturbing
emotions, and happiness. When these four “ingredients”
are present in full measure, people report a very high level of
emotional well-being. When they are not, people frequently struggle
with anxiety, depression, addiction and other emotional issues.
The conclusion drawn here is that possessing these key behavior skill
sets is not only important, but essential for emotional well-being. And, therein lies the plan for our recipe!
To bring emotional
well-being to its highest level, we must possess or learn how
to possess a strong and lasting ability to promote self-worth,
peacefulness, management of our emotions, and happiness. Can we do
it? You bet we can. Each and every one of these skill sets for
emotional well-being can and should be learned and used daily as they are your cornerstone for sound mental health. Their benefits will far exceed the effort.
How is it done? There are clear behavioral steps for enabling these essential skills. I intend to cover the details in subsequent posts but, I will give you an example here. Take self-esteem for instance. In my world
and hopefully in your world too, self-esteem is best viewed as a verb, not
a noun. Self-esteem is something you do. When you do it, you have it and you feel
it. This means that you need to esteem yourself through your thoughts
and behaviors. By way of an example, you engage
yourself with respect; you are kind to you; you listen to yourself
with caring and compassion; you are accepting of you; you are there
when you need you … yes, there is more, and it is all good. In
future posts, I will discuss the specific thoughts and behaviors for
each of the skill sets that are so vital to emotional well-being. Please follow along so you can use the recipe.
With my new CBT self-help guide, Think Right, Feel Right, you can acquire the emotional tools my clients acquire to optimize emotional health and happiness.
With my new CBT self-help guide, Think Right, Feel Right, you can acquire the emotional tools my clients acquire to optimize emotional health and happiness.
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future topics on the Think Right Feel Right Blogoscope. You
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