Being aware of our emotions enable us to build better relationships by understanding our feelings clearly, resolving conflicts easily and responding sensibly even during challenging times. It is important to foster positive emotions such as hope, joy, affection, compassion, inspiration etc. Whilst it is necessary to learn how to handle negative emotions such as fear, anger, jealousy, loneliness, self-criticism etc.
It is prudent to learn and understand about emotions from early childhood to help perceive and manage emotions effectively during later years. There are various ways to develop positive emotions and control negative emotions to reduce its ill-effects on wellbeing.
It is imperative to know how our mind and emotion works so that we can deal with our own emotions effectively and become empathetic towards other’s emotions.