The importance of managing emotions: how you can improve your life

During every second of the day you are feeling some kind of emotion. Whether it is fear, anger, guilt, insecurity, or calm, peace, joy or illusion, emotions are always present in some form or another.

In this way, your emotional state influences not only your mood, but all the decisions you make. This emotional energy, then, is the fundamental engine to live a full life, get to know yourself better and improve yourself and grow as a person or professional.

For 10 years I have been accompanying people as a psychologist and coach in private change processes aimed at achieving very different objectives; however, I have found that Emotion management is the fundamental pillar of both personal and professional development. Do you want to learn to have emotions on your side instead of against you?

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What are emotions for?

Emotions are a basic energy that helps you to know yourself, to know what situation you are in and what you interpret about yourself, about others or about the environment.

Although we usually talk about "negative" emotions, there really are no negative emotions in themselves, but rather more pleasant or unpleasant emotions. All emotions are positive and necessary. Fear helps you protect yourself and anger helps you know that something that happens is not good for you in principle. But... Is everything your emotions tell you true?

Your emotions only inform you, but it all depends on how you understand those emotions and know how to manage them.

Feeling fear, anger or guilt is normal, but feeling a fear that paralyzes you or does not allow you to move forward in your life, an anger that conquers your day to day and makes you feel more stress and hinders your personal relationships, or a guilt or insecurity that makes you feel bad for too long and with too much intensity is not a positive thing, and a reflection that you are not managing your emotions well.

How to learn to understand and manage your emotional side?

Since the term "emotional intelligence" became popular we have learned that emotions are not our "irrational" side, but a fundamental part of our well-being, personal development, improvement of personal relationships (both as a couple and family) and also of our professional development (knowing how to manage your emotions it will help you better focus your work, know how to better lead your team, have better relationships with colleagues or clients or undertake with better results).

However, despite the large number of books, training and courses that exist, these resources do not work by themselves. A course or book is only information, but it does not help you to live a true process of change.

The problem is this: your current way of managing your emotions it's an apprenticeship. An apprenticeship that has probably happened throughout your life.

To learn to understand and manage your emotions you must live a process of change where you find out how you manage your emotions now and learn to manage them in a more functional way, working in a deep and holistic way both with different actions and with your system of beliefs, personal relationships, relationship between your communication and emotion management, and even between the relationship that exists with your values ​​and identity.

A deep process of change it is only possible with an action plan (with different actions that help you better understand your emotions and manage them in a more functional and positive way) and, of course, the company expert and professional to help you broaden your point of view and discover everything you can achieve thanks to having your emotions in your favor rather than in your against.

Human beings function as mirrors, and that company is what will make the process work.

Enhancing the learning process

On Human Empowerment (empoderamientohumano.com), online personal development school, you can start the program now and for free Thrill to take the first steps in that emotion management process.

And if you really want to take the step and live a deep process of change of 3 months and with expert company, you can ask for information about Transform your emotional world, an authentic process of change in emotion management to improve your life and experiences thanks to your emotions. I can only privately accompany a small number of people at a time, so ask for information as soon as possible to reserve your place.

Emotions can improve your life or make it more difficult, but it is not the emotions that are responsible, but the way in which you understand and handle those emotions. Having emotions on your side is the best decision you can make.