Emotional Sustainability Badge: Balancing Emotions Sustainably 

The Emotional Sustainability badge is earned by components of the building that address causes of stress and inflammation, which are key systems involved with emotional wellbeing, as well as components that promote calm, balanced habits and lifestyles.

Emotional Sustainability is the ability to reliably maintain a balanced and resilient emotional ecosystem, allowing healthy experiences of all the emotions experienced in life. While happiness and joy are often sought after exclusively, Frequency® seeks to support the complete spectrum of human emotions. Pursuing one particular emotion wholeheartedly is not a sustainable approach, as it rejects naturally occuring emotional cycles rather than engaging and supporting them at every turn. Emotional sustainability, therefore, aims to encourage calmness, serenity, energy, and an overall sense of wellbeing, which are welcome in any emotional state. To be calm and energized is key to experiencing sustainable emotions, and allows you to function and continue with necessary aspects of life during emotional swings.

Several aspects of physical health like inflammation and chronic stress can negatively impact your emotional sustainability. Chronic inflammation in the brain causes constant warning signs that lead to anxiety and depression, while chronic stress causes adverse health effects, many of which are inflammatory, creating a negative self-reinforcing cycle (20). Given these cycles, it's clear that certain aspects of our physical health influence our emotional sustainability. Frequency aims to offer accessibility to habits and environments that support these critical aspects of physical health.

Amenities with this badge

Cold Plunge

The anti-inflammatory benefits of cold plunging are linked to easing the effects of depression and anxiety (21). Frequency buildings are equipped with a cold plunge so you can consistently access and experience the benefits of cold exposure therapy.

Sauna

Sauna and heat exposure therapy are shown to reduce inflammation and positively impact the autonomic nervous system, encouraging healthy responses to stress and less inflammation-driven emotional discomfort. 

Air Quality

Because particulate matter and air pollution are directly correlated with an increased likelihood of depressive mental health conditions (22), Frequency buildings are outfitted with a state-of-the-art air filtration system to provide clean, worry-free air.

Green Walls

The experience of plant-filtered air and the appearance of nature in an indoor space promotes emotional balance by decreasing stress by up to 60% (23). Frequency buildings are outfitted with green walls to instill a natural, calming feeling to the space.

Biophilic/Fractal Design

Biophilic fractal design has proven positive effects on emotional sustainability and wellbeing (24), most prominently the dramatic reduction in stress levels. Frequency buildings incorporate biophilic design in a number of ways, including fractal design and biophilic art, to satisfy your brain’s inherent inclination towards nature.

Color

In community environments where the colors are warm, soft, soothing, and bright; people feel warm, soft, relaxed, safe, and happy (25). This promotes emotional sustainability on both the group and the individual level.

Scent

Certain scents like orange, lavender, and cedar can reduce tension and anxiety (26). Indoor spaces within Frequency buildings are scented to curate the ideal mood for your space.

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