"Emotional wellness is the ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times." 

- National Institutes of Health, Your Healthiest Self, Emotional Wellness Toolkit

"Mental health refers to your ability to process information.

Emotional health is how you express feelings based on the information you have processed."

- University of Minnesota Extension

"[E]motional well-being consists of an affective component, concentrating on positive emotions such as feelings of happiness, and a cognitive component, concentrating on evaluations of life such as life satisfaction."

- Lamers SM, Bolier L, Westerhof GJ, Smit F, Bohlmeijer ET. The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis. J Behav Med. 2012 Oct;35(5):538-47. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9379-8. Epub 2011 Sep 15. PMID: 21918889; PMCID: PMC3439612.

"Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being."

- CDC, About Mental Health 

"Keep in mind that a person can experience mental illness or bad days, and still have good emotional wellness. Mental illnesses often have deeper causes like a chemical imbalance or trauma. Emotional health has more to do with emotional regulation, awareness, and coping skills, and these strategies can be used by people with or without a mental illness."

- WebMD

"Higher levels of emotional well-being are beneficial for recovery and survival in physically ill patients. The findings show that emotional well-being predicts long-term prognosis of physical illness.[...]

The findings suggest that well-being may enhance physical functioning in healthy adults and improve management of symptoms in diseased adults.[...]

[T]he likelihood of longevity increases for individuals with high well-being compared to those with low well-being, and this survival rate even increases 10% for individuals with chronic diseases who report high versus low well-being."

- Lamers SM, Bolier L, Westerhof GJ, Smit F, Bohlmeijer ET. The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis. J Behav Med. 2012 Oct;35(5):538-47. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9379-8. Epub 2011 Sep 15. PMID: 21918889; PMCID: PMC3439612.

"Positive physical health habits can help decrease your stress, lower your risk of disease, and increase your energy." 

-National Institutes of Health, Your Healthiest Self, Physical Wellness Toolkit

"Think of you and your overall well-being as a three-legged stool. The seat represents you and the legs represent your physical, mental and emotional health.

We need to attend to all three legs equally in order to ensure we are properly supported. If you neglect one area, imagine cutting an inch off of one of the legs. You’ll still be upright, but it will be uncomfortable and more difficult to support."

- University of Minnesota Extension

"Adults aged 18 to 64 who have been identified as being in poor physical health typically exhibit chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, heart disease, being overweight, or combinations of these conditions;"

- Carter Roeber, Ph.D., Chandler McClellan, Ph.D., and Albert Woodward, Ph.D., M.B.A., Adults in Poor Physical Health Reporting Behavioral Health Conditions Have Higher Health Costs, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

- Physical inactivity a leading cause of disease and disability, warns WHO, World Health Organization

"Social well-being is our ability to effectively communicate with others, develop and maintain positive relationships, and create a community of support around ourselves."

- Arizona State University

"From the time you’re born, your relationships help you learn to navigate the world. You learn how to interact with others, express yourself, conduct everyday health habits, and be a part of different communities from those around you. Positive social habits can help you build support systems and stay healthier mentally and physically."

- National Institutes of Health, Your Healthiest Self, Social Wellness Toolkit

In child development, "Social health reflects a child’s developing ability to form close, secure relationships with other familiar people in their lives such as parents, relatives and other nurturing caregivers.[...]

Emotional development is closely tied to social development. It refers to the expression of a child’s feelings about herself, others, and the situations she will face in the world around her as well as gaining control of her bodily functions, learning to focus, and pay attention in the context of nurturing support by familiar caregivers[.]"

- Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

"People with strong social relationships have fewer health problems, are happier, and have increased longevity, researchers found.

People who have satisfying social connections with family, friends, and acquaintances are found to experience benefits just as important as those that come with a good night’s rest, a healthy diet, and a smoke-free environment[.]

A lack of connections also is tied to depression, cognitive decline, and a mortality risk greater than obesity and physical inactivity. One study suggests that the absence of strong relationships increases the risk of premature death from all causes by 50 percent."

- The Lupus Foundation of America

"Social relationships—both quantity and quality—affect mental health, health behavior, physical health, and mortality risk.[...](1) social relationships have significant effects on health; (2) social relationships affect health through behavioral, psychosocial, and physiological pathways; (3) relationships have costs and benefits for health; (4) relationships shape health outcomes throughout the life course and have a cumulative impact on health over time[.]"

- Umberson D, Montez JK. Social relationships and health: a flashpoint for health policy. J Health Soc Behav. 2010;51 Suppl(Suppl):S54-66. doi: 10.1177/0022146510383501. PMID: 20943583; PMCID: PMC3150158.