Emotional Wellness is accepting a wide range of emotions and effectively coping through challenges. Below are some ideas of what emotional wellness means to our GV community.

9 Characteristics of Emotionally Well People

• Self-Awareness: look at self to navigate distress or elation and redirect emotions if necessary
• Self-Acceptance: Accept themselves. Know when to provide room for themselves to process emotions.
• Self-Care: Both self-compassion and physical care are practiced regularly
• Emotional Agility: Able to thrive even during emotional setbacks.
• Coping Skills: Practice makes perfect so when you need them you can use them.
• Kindness; They approach those around them with compassion.
• Integrity: They move through the world without the expectation of reward.
• Living with Purpose: Focus on how their experiences serve others rather than getting stuck within them.
• Manage stress: They can recognize stress and have go-to activities/skills to manage it.

Improving Emotional Wellness

1. Mindfulness
2. Social Connections
3. Manage Stress
4. Appropriately Express Emotions
5. Improve Self-Awareness

Want more tools? Request WIT's Emotional Wellness Presentation!

On Campus

GVSU Mental Health and Well-being IndexMindfulness and KindnessUniversity Counseling Center

Student Organizations:

Self Care on CampusMeditation and Mindfulness

Off Campus

Thriving Campus- community provider database

Online

Greater Good in Action (research-based strategies)Koru MindfulnessPositive PsychologyThe Science of Well-Being Course