Category: Wisdom for Men

This series on Becoming a Well-Balanced Man is covering the importance of learning to maintain balance in your emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual well-being since all are critical to becoming a mature adult manhood. This next post describes why men need mental balance and suggest provides some tools ways to improve your balance of personal and professional lives.   Why Become Well-Balanced? First, I have to state I am not a trained psychologist or medical doctor. But I do understand the importance of staying mentally balanced after my struggle with workaholism that teetered on depression several years ago. I have also read a lot over the years on the issues men face today, especially mental health, suicide, and anger. As I wrote in The Benefits of Becoming a Balanced Man, maintaining balance helps improve a man’s self-esteem, sense of purpose, accomplishment, and growth. Balance helps boost our confidence and self-worth,

The opening post, Becoming a Well-Balanced Man, in this current series on maintaining balance stated that learning balance was critical to becoming a mature adult man. This included balancing all the aspects of a man’s life: his emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual well-being. The second post, The Benefits of Becoming a Balanced Man suggests that finding balance helps boost your confidence and self-esteem, sense of purpose, and accomplishment. It also fosters adaptability and builds greater resilience which helps men manage their challenges and setbacks effectively. In this next post, I describe the importance of emotional balance; quite often the most difficult of these areas for men. Subsequent posts will cover physical, mental, social, and spiritual balance. The Difference between Emotional and Mental Health First, let’s understand that there are key differences between our emotional and mental health. Both are important to our overall well-being. Both affect how we behave,

I was reminded recently about the importance of remaining in balance, which I believe is one of the marks of mature manhood. Remaining balanced means being in control of many aspects of your life: his emotions, (see my recent posts on the emotion of fear here, here, and here), along with his mental, physical, social, and spiritual well-being. When a man is in proper balance, he achieves harmony and consistency in his life. Balance allows him to navigate the challenges with grace, wisdom, and resilience. Demonstrating and maintaining proper balance also helps him earn the respect and admiration of others, especially his family and peers. Over the next few posts, I will delve deeper into how to find emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual balance. I will explain more about each area and how maintaining a proper balance can increase the sense of satisfaction, happiness, and fulfillment in your life.