
Emotional well-being: Building better relationships with ourselves and others 109
Catching your feelings
Whatever the situation, you can stop and assess your emotions.
Stopping and counting to ten is a great way to give yourself
space to notice what you are feeling or to become aware of
what someone else is feeling. Catching your emotions before
they catch you is a great way to give yourself time to modify or
change your mood. Notice physical warnings such a tightness in
the stomach.
Good ways to manage your emotions in the short term are:
Exercise, go for a walk
Listen to music
Social support, turn to a ...