The opposite of depression is not happiness, but a sense of vitality or aliveness.

“I think that that vitality is what people are looking for in life.”

Emotional health, including purpose and social connection, is essential for a high quality of life throughout the aging process.

“But if your emotional health is lacking, then it's like you won't live as long. It's possible. But I I would say even more than that, regardless of how long you live, if it's if it's unhappy, why bother?”

Healing is the process of restoring wholeness and integrity to the self, rather than merely curing a physical or mental ailment.

“in essence healing is not the absence of a physical illness but it's the Integrity of a person who's no longer spit off on themselves”

Articulating worries and concerns out loud provides relief and helps manage difficult emotions.

“psychologists often say that most problems feel better when they're on the outside rather than on the inside.”

She emphasizes that acknowledging and allowing oneself to feel difficult emotions is essential, as suppressing them can manifest physically.

“I learned this from myself it's like Becky you're really good at intellectualizing your feelings but do you feel them cue the tears like I on purpose sometimes have to like get myself to that space to release because the body keeps count the body keeps score of all of what you go through”

Sadhguru argues that love is a quality of one's own emotion that can be cultivated internally regardless of external circumstances.

“to be loving is entirely your way of being and you should not deny yourself that no matter what”

Listening to familiar music can provide a cathartic emotional release during stressful times.

“it came on and like just triggered an instant emotional release for me. Like literally it came on and it was just like system of a down and it s started singing and I was just like and something opened and I like teared up and just it was like a weird thing”

Human beings have a psychological need to experience both high and low emotional states for catharsis.

“I think that we as as humans need that experience and sometimes art and um music and and movies can have that kind of cathartic balance or bring a little bit of it.”