In positive psychology, emotional health is seen as a ratio of positive and negative (Vacca, Bromley, Leyrer, Sprung & Homer, 2014).
Emotional Regulation (ER) is the route to keeping closer to the positive side of emotional health where and when possible.Let’s take a look at how emotions are expressed and identified, and some ideas to increase those skills and help our emotions to become more positive.
Basically, that means taking control of the balance between positive and negative (Dvir, Ford, Hill, & Frazier, 2014).Before we get started, you might want to try this exercise on Expressing emotions wisely.Dvir et al.
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