Take Control of Your Emotional Health
Create the Life You Want to Live

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Are you happy with your emotional health, with what's going on in your head and your heart and your life? If you can't give a resounding "Yes!" in response to that question, you're definitely not alone.

Maybe things just aren't how you'd like them to be, and life drags by in a fog of vague unhappiness and dissatisfaction – it's not bad enough to reach the point of crisis, but it definitely doesn't feel good either. Maybe things got completely out of control and now you're recovering from a full-fledged mental illness. Or maybe you're just struggling with your self-doubts and your daily dramas and you'd really prefer to struggle a bit less, please!

How this website can help

I can't tell you how to fix yourself, because you're not broken. There is no pill that will make everything perfect. What I can do is share with you some strategies to improve your emotional health that actually work.

There's a lot of information out there about emotional and mental health issues – a mountain of facts and advice to sift through and try to apply. But it can be hard to find real, practical solutions, and overwhelming to deal with it all... or even know where to start.

This is my mission: To take that mess of information and ideas and distill it down into things you can do right now to become more emotionally healthy.

Even more than that, I hope to inspire you to set yourself free. Free of the destructive thoughts and emotions that you hold on to, and the judgments of others that you believe even though they hurt you. Free of the useless and wrong belief that you can't be who you want to be and that you deserve to feel bad about who you are.

I'm not going to tell you that this will be easy. It might be the hardest thing you've ever done. However, it's not the kind of hard work that breaks you; it's the kind where every step has its reward. It's not a desperate struggle; it's building something great – and building things worth building does require some work.

Making changes to build emotional wellness

Emotional health is not a destination. Just like physical health, you won't arrive at a point where suddenly you're completely healthy. Rather, it's a way that you choose to live, an ideal that you hold, and a path that you follow. This can seem overwhelming, but it's also freeing – even small steps can keep you moving towards emotional health. You don't have to do it all at once, and every little bit helps. When I look back at myself and my life even a year ago, I'm completely in awe of how much has changed due to small steps I've taken. This will happen to you too.

Finally - if you don't really want to change, you won't. If you're deliriously happy where you are, awesome! But if you're reading this website, I think that you know that something's not right. Maybe it's an obvious something, like you just got out of treatment for a mental health problem and you think you don't know who you are anymore. Or maybe you've just been feeling dissatisfied, and when you look at your life everything's okay, but you can't find the spark. Maybe you're simply sick of feeling bad all the time.

I want to help you change that, and become the person you've always dreamed of becoming.

Welcome to Towards Emotional Health!

Christina Henderson Whyte
Creator, writer, and webmaster

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Towards Emotional Health Blog The Emotional Health Blog keeps you up to date with changes to towards-emotional-health.com. Subscribe here!

About Me A whole page all about me, Christina Henderson Whyte, creator of Towards Emotional Health.

Questions? Comments? Contact me here and let me know what you're thinking! I want to know what you're thinking. Contact me here.

What is emotional health anyway? Emotional wellness vs. emotional distress What is emotional health? It's about more than just feeling happy or sad. Here's a list of signs of poor emotional health and emotional wellness.

Develop better coping skills: Why you should and how you can Learning positive coping skills and coping strategies can make life a lot easier. Improve your emotional health through changing how you cope with both daily stress and crisis.

Emotional resilience: What it is and how you can develop it Emotional resilience divides those who give up from those persevere. Learn how you can develop your resilience.

Effectively making changes: Desperation vs. personal growth Making changes to improve your emotional health doesn't have to be about being desperate to feel a different way, be in a different situation, or be a different person. Personal growth in emotional health is about small steps towards what you want.

Understanding emotions: What are they, what causes them, and how to cope Understanding emotions is the key to coping with them effectively. Here is some information on emotions and some tips to help you understand and cope with your feelings.

Coping with emotions: How to handle your emotions more easily and effectively Coping with emotions is hard for everyone from time to time, but some people really struggle with it. Even so, you can learn how to handle your emotions more easily and effectively.

Emotional dysregulation: What it is and how to develop better emotion regulation People who have emotional dysregulation problems cycle between suppressing and being overwhelmed by their emotions. Here are some ideas for how to develop better emotion regulation skills.

Expressing emotions: Learn how to express your emotions in a healthy way Expressing emotions too much or too little can be damaging to your emotional health. Learn how to find the balance between getting stuck in an emotion and hiding emotions.

Change your self talk to improve your emotional health Self talk can have a huge impact on emotional health. Learn some new tips and strategies for changing your the way that you think.

Rumination: Is your self talk going in circles? If you're making yourself miserable through rumination (when you can't stop thinking about something), there are ways to get it under control and stop obsessing.

Overcoming low self esteem is possible. Learn how to improve your self esteem Overcoming low self esteem can be challenging, but everyone can learn how to feel better about themselves. Here are some practical tips for people who suffer from poor self esteem.

Self concept: How do you view yourself and how can you change your view? Your self concept, or how you view yourself, affects your moods, your motivation, your actions, and your success. If you have a negative self image, here are some tips for changing it.

Self efficacy: How believing in yourself can improve your emotional health Self efficacy, or your belief that you are capable of succeeding in a particular situation, strongly impacts your emotional health. Learn how and why here, as well as how you can develop it.

Coping with stress: Tips to help you cope and keep sane under pressure Coping with stress can be hard and overwhelming. Learn some new coping strategies for stress.

Dealing with anxiety: Tips for coping with anxiety and feeling better Dealing with anxiety can be challenging. Learn some practical tips and strategies to make it easier to cope with anxiety and feel better today.

Coping with depression: Learn how to deal with depression more effectively Coping with depression can feel overwhelming. These tips for dealing with depression will help you dig yourself out of the hole and take back your life.

Serious emotional health problems? Try professional mental health help Finding mental health help for emotional health issues can be confusing. Here is some information on why professional help can be useful, as well as what your options are.

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