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HEART HEALTH

Do you like science? I don't know why I asked...of course you don't. Well, if you're anything like me you LOVE science- specifically Biology. Now let's be clear; I do not have a love for physics or chemistry or even ecology (still have nightmares about that college course). While in my beloved biology courses the heart was always the most fascinating to me. Ugh, just the thought of it makes me all warm inside- is that weird? Anyways, I learned that one way we can measure cardiovascular (heart-lung) health is to look at heart recovery time. Let me explain. 

During our sports and exercise lab we would run on a treadmill for a set amount of time...let's say two minutes. After, we would hop off and immediately begin to time how long it took for our heartbeat to get to the baseline beat... let's say 55bpm for me. Some people it took less than 30 seconds (the athletes), others a minute (the in-shape folk), for people totally out of shape, 2+ minutes (me...and only me). No, seriously I felt like I was still hyperventilating on my way to the next class! Now mind you, these are not real numbers so don't go for a run tomorrow and assume you're unhealthy it your still recovering a minute and a half in. The less time it takes for your heartrate to go back to normal the healthier your cardiovascular system is. So why does this all matter? Well, because biology is cool and parallels with so much of our lives.

Earlier this year I began to look at my EQ, my emotional intelligence and more importantly, my emotional stability. I realized there was a correlation between my emotional stability and emotional recovery time. The longer it takes me to get back to a stable place emotionally, the more emotionally unhealthy I am. Let me tell you; just like the run, I was not very healthy. Emotional situations I could not control would have me spiraling for weeks. Emotional situations I could control and allowed to cause damage would take me out for years. I would just allow life to happen to me and then just accepted that ridiculous amount of time it took to "heal" was necessary. This was me not taking control of my healing but just allowing time to bypass. It allowed a pass for my emotions to go haywire. Yikes. We control our emotions; they do not and should not control us. Remember, feelings are fleeting. 

Just like we need to exercise/train more to become heart healthy we must take action to train our emotions to become stable. What does that look like? The next few blogs will be about steps that I have taken that have led me to a more emotionally stable life. Notice I said more stable; this is a life long journey; don't fret it get's easier with practice. As much as I like Sade, I am not trying to be apart of an emotional rollercoaster. Can I get an amen? The more emotionally stable we are, the more peace we have and who doesn't want more peace?

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