We really do take our emotional health for granted. We pay attention to our physical health in various ways, such as through diet and exercise, but we continually allow ourselves to cross our own boundaries internally.
How often do we allow our own self talk to say things to us we’d never allow someone else to say to us? How frequently are we sabotaging our own contentment and success, yet we focus the blame to our environments and other people as if they are the reason?
To get love we have to love ourselves first.
Check out this excellent Ted Talk on emotional hygiene.
How to practice emotional hygiene | Guy Winch | TEDxLinnaeusUniversity
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We have medicine cabinets for common physical injuries like cuts and colds but no toolkits for common psychological injuries such as failure, rejection, guilt, and loss.
What are your thoughts?