I hope that you had a chance to read the post Wellness is Wholeness, because this post is largely based on the information presented in that post. In that post you will learn that the objective of those who seek wellness should be to achieve a dynamic equilibrium of emotions in their lives. You will know that wellness is a state of mind, and that balancing the intake and output of emotions, plus fully processing all experiences emotionally, is key to achieving the state of health and wellness.
What I want to emphasize today, is the importance of incorporating methods of emotional input and outlets into your daily life.
Future posts will explore individual methods, but let’s explore the general concept behind the need right now. If you understand the dynamic behind the state of health referred to as homeostasis, you will know that balance is achieved by positive and/or negative feedback. If you recall I referred to the bodymind as a bathtub with a faucet and drain. A bathtub in a state of balance would not be empty, nor overflowing. To achieve this state, you would have to ensure the faucet was open.
If you think of your physical wellness in this way, you might be able to see the bigger picture of how your health is affected by what emotions you take into and let out of your bodymind.
Remember that we learned in the previous post that the ‘bodymind’ is the control center and it consists of intelligence and emotion as concluded by Candace Pert, PhD. (her site). Fortunately, we know that we can access our bodymind on a subconscious level and there are many paths that we can take to achieve wellness using this knowledge. The important tidbit I want to re-enforce in your mind right now is that it is possible to manipulate your physical health by taking control of the emotions that you experience in your life.
Grab something to write with right now and do this short exercise:
Ask yourself right now, and take some notes on, how you feel about the following:
Your Physical Health
Your Family Life
Your Home Environment
Your Career
Your Social Life
Your Emotional Intelligence
Your Personal Knowledge
Your Spirituality/Religion
Your Culture
Your Community
Your Country
The World
The Universe
There are many emotions you could experience. Here is a comprehensive but incomplete list of emotions you might experience at any given time:
adventurous aggravated amused angry annoyed anxious argumentative artistic ashamed awake blah blank blessed blissful bored bouncy breezy bummed busy calm cheerful chipper cold complacent confident confused contemplative content cranky crazy creative crushed curious cynical depressed determined disappointed discontent disgusted distracted distraught distressed dorky drained eccentric ecstatic embarrassed energetic enlightened enraged envious evil excited exhausted fabulous fascinated focused frustrated full gallant geeky giddy giggly gloomy good grateful groggy grumpy guilty handsome happy hopeful hot hungry hyper imaginative impatient impressed indifferent indignant infuriated inquisitive inspired intimidated irate irritated jealous jolly jubilant lazy lethargic listless lonely loved luminous mad melancholy mellow mischievous miserable moody morose neglected nerdy nervous nostalgic numb okay optimistic overstimulated peaceful pensive pessimistic pleased productive pure quiet rebellious recumbent refreshed rejected rejuvenated relaxed relieved restless rockin romantic rushed sad sassy satisfied savage scared selective shocked sick silly sleepy smart smitten sneaky sneezy sore stressed strong surprised sweaty sympathetic talkative tested thankful thirsty thoughtful tired touched triumphant uncomfortable understimulated used validated vibrant vital wanted warm weird working worried
Some areas you will find bring up positive emotions, while others bring up negative emotions. This is where today’s idea comes into play. Your emotions on these particular areas of your existence allow you to measure what emotional experiences you need to add more of or let less of into your life. Plus you'll get an idea of which emotions to hold on to or let go of. Keep in mind that we are not focusing on good emotions or bad emotions; we are placing our focus on fully processing ALL emotions experienced, good and bad.
Once you see where you are at emotionally with all areas of your life, you can move forward with introducing experiences that support emotions that you personally need to experience to achieve the state of wellness that you seek.
If you are experiencing negative emotions about a certain area you would want to input more positive experiences in that area of your life that support your desire for positive feelings there. That one is easy. However, to achieve growth in the areas of your life that you have positive emotions towards currently, you will want to input experiences that bring up negative emotions. This will give you an opportunity to fully process any negative emotions that may lie in your subconscious, plus this supports a state of dynamic equilibrium. EMDR and EFT are two practices that incorporate the recollection of emotional experiences, including negative ones, to achieve healing. You will also want to explore which of these emotions is currently serving your desire for health and wellness. Some emotions you will want to hold onto, others you will want to release.
We are going to explore different experiences that support the input and outlet of emotions to support wellness here on this blog.
There is no one solution or program that we can all follow. Every one of us has our own unique emotional attitude to each experience. So what works for one person may not work for another. The only tip I can give you is that only YOU know how YOU feel. If you listen to how you feel you will know what to do. You will know which experiences you should input into your life and which to let out. Remain open to using all of your senses, too. What you see, smell, feel, hear, taste, say and do all contribute to how you experience life. Your personal health and wellness program can include inputting something as simple as listening to the radio each morning, eating family recipes, looking at art, getting a massage, or aromatherapy. You might also want to outlet some simple experiences such as eliminating curse words from your vocabulary, throwing out old letters, or getting rid of worn furniture. Like I said, you can read more about the different experiences life has to offer that can contribute to your health and wellness on this blog in the future. I hope that you liked this post, and can truly and honestly say now after reading, that you understand the importance of input and outlets. Stay well!
About the Author: Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her and view her photos by visiting her page on MySpace.
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