WHY ITS IMPORTANT

Positive emotional well-being helps people manage their thoughts and feelings. People with positive emotional well-being have a sense of meaning and purpose. Without positive emotional well-being people may have difficulty connecting socially.

ADAPTING TO CHALLENGE

People who experience positive emotional well-being have the skills to adapt to and deal with life challenges.

Skills that can create positive emotional well- being include:

• Identifying, processing, and expressing emotions in healthy ways.

• Knowing how to deal with uncertainty, stress, and change.

•Being able to work through disagreements.

•Looking for solutions to problems in useful ways.

•Asking others for help and support.

HEALTH BENEFITS

Improving emotional well-being can benefit your mental and physical health. It can also enhance your social connections to other people and your community.

BENEFITS OF POSITIVE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

•Lower risk of disease, sickness, and injury. •Faster recovery after being sick or getting injured.

•Improved mental health

•Being able to bounce back from negative experience

•Better productivity and performance at work.

Resources:

https://www.cdc.gov/emotional-well- being/about/index.html