Now that you can see yourself and give yourself time, you can more easily behave in ways that align with your goals and honor your authenticity. Not reacting functions as a medium for greater emotional maturity. This ability to pause is not easy and it takes time to build this quality of the mind, but the results of this practice are immense. Instead of falling back into blind reactions that are rooted in your past, you can intentionally lean into pausing and give yourself a moment to take a look at what is actually happening. When you make time to be present in your own mind, it becomes possible to slow things down when difficult situations arise.

Non-reaction: Building your self-awareness increases the agility of your mind. Your ability to see yourself through the lens of radical honesty is the foundation of emotional maturity, from this vantage point you can make decisions from a place of active clarity instead of a place of passive unconsciousness. Being able to feel your emotions as they come and go, coming to terms with your past and noticing the way it shows up in your present, watching your mind as it processes difficult situations, taking note of behavior patterns that show up repeatedly in your life, examining your inner narrative and how your own thinking effects your emotions – paying close attention to all of these mental movements opens the door to the type of learning that can transform your life.

The ability to see yourself as you move through the ups and downs of life without running away or suppressing what comes up in your mind immediately enhances your understanding of yourself. Self-awareness: Emotional maturity begins when you turn your attention inward. Do not be hard on yourself for not having it all right, what matters is that you are moving forward. Making progress in any of these categories is a reason for celebration. Emotional maturity is not about perfection, these 4 pillars just help us figure out where we are in the process and what we need to work on next. There are 4 main components that stand out.

To me, emotional maturity is a life-long journey that seeks to improve the way you relate to your emotions, especially in ways where you reclaim your power from your past and cause yourself less mental tension. Emotional maturity is an expansive term that can be defined in different ways.

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