“Why Emotional Intelligence is So IMPORTANT to Your Health”

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is one of the major differences between good health and bad health. When you’re wondering why you don’t have the energy you used to have or why you feel so stressed out these days, it’s because you’re neglecting a very important part of you.

A definition of EI is: “The awareness of and ability to manage one’s emotions in a healthy and productive manner.” It’s usually applied in business environments to keep you from blowing up at your colleagues. It’s about self control. EI isn’t considered to be a factor in good health. Self control is pretty superficial if you’re still seething and simmering silently while biting your tongue!

It’s not a good feeling, is it? Emotions are meant to be temporary, and yet, you’ve been conditioned to hold on to them. That’s because no one has taught you how to LET GO. Until now. There’s no one to blame because they didn’t know either.

Emotional Intelligence is extremely important because you’ll understand why you feel the way you do. The result will be a lot less stress and lot more calm and happiness. Even when everyone else is running around with their heads chopped off, you’ll be the calm beacon in the midst of chaos. After all, who do you trust and look up to more?

Even so, you’ll have to forgive yourself when you “forget”. You’re still a human being who can get caught. And that’s Okay. It’s not about perfection. It’s about being aware of your feelings and your emotional state. The physical also affects the mental/emotional. Eating healthy matters a great deal too.

You know, it’s okay that you have feelings. It’s okay that you feel the way you do. Self control means that you know how to change the way you feel, from the direction of feeling bad to the direction of feeling good.

Here’s a resource about mind control – a fascinating topic which fits right in with self control and emotional intelligence. Effective Mind Control. Your mind senses patterns. Explore that logic and use it to control your hidden emotions and drives. Get rid of dread, despair and boredom!

Emotional Intelligence, in the context of Chinese medicine, is about learning that prolonged negative feelings and emotions are bad for you. So you must learn to release them. That’s a major prerequisite for staying young, stress free, and mobile.