Dr. Ryan Martin

For instance... There is a lot of data out there to suggest that drinking water and staying hydrated is something that affects our emotional life.

That when we get dehydrated, we are more emotionally reactive.

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yeah so there are lots and lots and lots of little things we can do that will have a big impact on our emotional well-being and so i think sometimes people think well in order to feel happier or to feel less sad or to feel less scared or less angry or whatever i need some sort of big life change and that might be true for some people that they would benefit from a big life change

But a lot of times the answers to our emotional wellness or our emotional well-being is to make lots of or even just a handful of little changes to adjust our sleep, to spend more time in nature, to socialize more, to think about our thoughts, to think about the situations we're putting ourselves in and so on.

And when we make those little changes, we can see this really big, profound impact.

You bet.

So I'm going to pick the probably the easiest one and one I am doing right now, which is staying hydrated.

So we know that there is a lot of data out there to suggest that drinking water and staying hydrated is something that affects our emotional life, that when we get dehydrated, we are more emotionally reactive.

than we would otherwise be.

And so by simply saying, you know what, I'm going to prioritize this relatively simple act, for many people, at least, by saying, I'm going to prioritize this thing, we can have this positive impact on our emotional well being.

And so think about the different aspects of an emotional experience.

And that includes a stimulus that includes a

our mood at the time of that stimulus, how we think about the stimulus and so on.

I've outlined these 50 different things that you can do for some in each of those different categories to respond in a more healthy way when we do encounter negative experiences.

A big part of what we do when we're dealing with negative stimuli is respond in the moment.

So part of what I'm trying to advocate for is that people pay attention to how they respond when they experience a negative stimuli in their life, right?

How they respond when they are stuck in traffic or when someone says something cruel to them.

That's a big part of what it takes to manage our emotions.

At the same time, though,