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How emotionally fit are you?: Emotional fitness is a critical factor in general health

Redman, Warren

1999

Overview

It is all a matter of balance between our satisfactions and frustrations, said [Eugene Heimler], who taught in Europe where he established the Heimler Institute, and in Calgary where he held the chair of Human Social Functioning at the University of Calgary for 15 years. The difference between your two total scores is the balance you have between your satisfaction and frustration levels. To be emotionally fit, your total values would be between 60 to 80 for satisfaction and 20 to 40 for frustration. Note that it doesn't mean you are emotionally healthy if you have no frustration at all. We all need some frustration to keep us motivated, yet not so much that we feel overwhelmed. In fact, our frustration is the source of our potential creative energy, our drive to live life to the fullest, which we can do when there is also enough satisfaction.

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