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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

See also:

• The Road to Resilience

Bringing Out Your Best

Looking for ways to improve your emotional health? Would you like to be able to adapt and respond in a more healthy way to emotional challenges and stressful situations? Use the tools below to help you develop a set of behaviors, thoughts, and attitudes that will strengthen your emotional health and help you bounce back better than ever.

• Self-Care Checklist
• Practicing Positive Self-Talk
• Problem Solving
• Being More Creative
• A Healthy Mid-life Transition
• Learning Forgiveness

Additional Information from the UMHS Healthwise Knowledgebase

• How well do you bounce back? An interactive self-assessment.
• Managing Anger and Hostility

• UMHS Employee Assistance Progam
• Faculty & Staff Assistance Program
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