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The Benefits of Emotional Fitness

Decreased stress: you learn to manage your triggers.
Better communication in relationships: it helps you to tolerate and manage difficult emotions and then find more productive ways to work through difficulties.
Decreased anxiety: you train your mind to stop fearing its own emotional reactions.
You stick with your goals: you learn to deal with emotions like anxiety, shame, regret.
Increased self-awareness: you learn to build a better relationship with your emotions.

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Emotional Intelligence is Overrated. Aim for Emotional Fitness Instead.

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