If you don’t know how to communicate effectively with others, the problem can cause stress and anxiety that will ultimately affect your health and well-being. When you express yourself in a healthy and thoughtful manner, self-confidence will replace the knots in the stomach which occurs when you’re stressed or anxious.
Among the ways that your health may be affected if you maintain a passive or aggressive personality are:
1.Headaches and migraines– Frustration and anger can lead to massive headaches or migraines which can keep you out of commission for hours or even days. It’s much better to adopt an assertive personality that can alleviate these conditions and put you more at ease when you communicate with others.
2.Aggressiveness is bad for your heart– Heart attacks and strokes sometimes occur when a person becomes so angry that blood pressure rises to unhealthy levels. Learning to communicate with assertiveness rather than aggressiveness can lower the chances of a health crisis.
3.Unhealthy relationships – Your closest relationships may be affected by the way you communicate – and your health will take a downturn if your relationships break down. Assertiveness skills are your biggest ally when communicating with others.
4.Long-term happiness– When you feel happiness at work or in your personal life, your health is affected positively. If you don’t learn to be assertive in all areas of your life you won’t be happy and your mental health will suffer drastically.
5.Mental acuity – As people age, one of the top concerns is keeping your mental abilities as sharp as possible. When you’re angry and frustrated because of lack of communication skills, your mental acuity may become clouded and slow down your responses to problems. Learning to become assertiveness frees your mind to keep learning and remain sharp.
6.Assertiveness helps ambition – No matter what your age, it’s important that you look forward to achieving and growing. Lack of assertiveness can lead to a life spent in withdrawal and no enthusiasm for the future. Assertiveness can turn your life around so that life seems brighter and you’ll have a more positive outlook on life.
Assertiveness skills help you take control of your life and experience the freedom you need to communicate more effectively. Live the rest of your life looking forward to an amazing future by practicing assertiveness skills which will help you focus on what you really want and need – and to do it your way.
Eva Gregory is a Law of Attraction expert, speaker, author and mentor to spiritual entrepreneurs – coaches, healers and holistic practitioners. Her passion is helping spiritual entrepreneurs go from chaos to clarity, and from clarity to cash flow by learning how to tap into their own inner guidance and merge it with proven practical business strategies to create enlightened businesses of purpose, passion and prosperity. She is author of “The Feel Good Guide to Prosperity” and “Life Lessons For Mastering the Law of Attraction” co-authored with Jack Canfield. Get your FREE REPORT, “Massive Success For Spiritual Entrepreneurs” here. Learn more about how Eva can help you at www.EvaGregory.com
