Regular exercise pays off in many ways. You feel better on a day to day basis and it also helps you build long term health. However, emotional fitness is something often not talked about. Being emotionally fit is essential to succeed in anything you aim at. 

So, what is emotional fitness? Well, you are emotionally fit when you feel comfortable and balanced in every positive and negative situation that life throws at you. We are not talking about extremely painful situations like losing someone or getting diagnosed with a fatal disease. 

The idea is to make you capable enough to handle any situation emotionally and adapt to changes. 

Here are five tips to improve your emotional fitness. 

1.Acknowledge criticism

Criticism is one of the most difficult things to accept. But it is important to develop the ability to cope with criticism for your emotional fitness. As writer Elbert Hubbard says, “To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." David D. Burns, author, In The Feeling Good Handbook, shares another technique to deal with criticism. “The simple, most important technique for dealing with criticism is to find some truth in the criticism. When you acknowledge the criticism, no matter how small, you disarm the person who is criticizing you. This immediately calms the interchange.”

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