Be Healthier by Working on your Emotional Heart

Be Healthier

BY WORKING ON YOUR Emotional Heart

by Cathy Clements, Nutritionist & Life Coach, NASM CNC, CPT, FNS, WFS

Happy February! This is the month we look forward to chocolate! And I mean

GOOD chocolate!

Let’s face it; it’s the truth.

Valentine’s Day is just a good excuse for good chocolate.

OK not for everyone.

There are those out there who spend Valentine’s

Day with the love of their life or a hopeful love. Our hearts take center stage this month. How do you treat your heart?

Most of us focus on what we put into our bodies.

We eat vegetables, fruits, lean meats in an effort to be heart healthy. We do cardiovascular exercises to increase our heart health.

But, how healthy are we if we allow negativity to reside within us?

I think it is interesting two months after one of, if not the most, giving months of the year we focus on our hearts.

Our hearts cannot be completely healthy if we fill them with regret, anger and unforgiveness. It is interesting how easy we carry these feelings around and don’t think a second about them, until the feeling gets triggered by a specific situation, person or words that are said. We need to think about learning how to heal ourselves of past hurts.

There are many ways we react to situations, people and things that are said, and we have no clue why. Have you had something happen and after you removed yourself from that person or situation you begin asking yourself, what was that? Why did that happen? Or, why did I say or react that way?

I know I have. I have had triggers making me defensive, angry or prompting me to walk away. Once we work on our hearts with these issues in mind, we heal our hearts and our energy. We are healthier.

It is truly with love and gratitude that we view any of these situations as learning lessons. Lessons, if we learn from them, that make us better.

It’s time to have a healthier, happy heart!