AWARENESS OF YOUR EMOTIONAL ZONES

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Whether you are a teacher or a nurse, a homemaker or the president of a company, a lawyer or a professor, a farmer or a businessman, you are able to improve the quality of your life and create a happy, healthy and peaceful lifestyle that I call Green Zone Living. But before I share with you the details of that philosophy and practice, you need to know that the Green Zone Philosophy is based on the concept of three imaginary Emotional Zones. I call them the Green, Yellow and Red Zones, using the image of the traffic lights. When you are relaxed and happy and enjoying life you are in your Green
Zone. When you are mildly frustrated and irritated, or sad and anxious, you are in your Yellow Zone and when you lose control and get angry or get depressed and distressed and completely withdraw, you are in your Red Zone. Each person is unique and experiences his/her Emotional Zones in his/her unique way. This book is an attempt to help you get in touch with your Green Zone and then live there.

The first step towards creating a Green Zone Lifestyle is to become aware of what Emotional Zone you are in at any particular time. It is a simple but a profound step. Awareness is the most significant factor to helping you stay in your Green Zone. By becoming aware of your Emotional Zones you gain control. Awareness of how you are feeling emotionally at any moment is incredibly empowering. To make any conscious change in your life, you need to feel in
control, strong and powerful. It is amazing how this simple awareness can give you more control and power.

The fact of life is that most of us live our day to day lives without really thinking or feeling or acknowledging or appreciating or cherishing the moment. We do not live in the moment.

We think without really thinking.
We feel without really feeling.

We talk and act without really being aware of the effects of our words and actions on others or even ourselves.

When you are aware, you are better able to make emotionally intelligent decisions about how you will deal with your day-to-day dilemmas in a rational, constructive and mature way. If you are not aware, then you can easily be
distracted and pushed into the distressing Yellow Zone or pulled into the painful Red Zone.