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https://www.webmdhealthservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/emotional_health-june.jpg11As a society, we have made great strides in embracing total well-being as integral to personal happiness. This acknowledgement that well-being involves more than mere physical health has given rise to a greater focus on emotional and mental health. But, are we focusing on it the right way? Are we even clear about the difference between emotional health and mental health, let alone how to support them? Thinking versus expressing While the terms mental health and emotional health are sometimes used interchangeably, they are distinctly different. That said, you really can’t have one without the other and an imbalance in...