Ch. 1.2 Health and Wellness

1. 6 Components of Health2. Wellness Continuum3. 4 Area’s of Influence

6 Components of Wellness1. Physical - How well your body

functions. *Diet, Exercise, Sleep, Health Care

2. Emotional -Expressing emotions in a positive/nondestructive way.

*Daily stress,Emotions,relaxing, Trying out new Activities.

3. Social - How well you relate to others, quality of relationships

5 Area’s Of Wellness(cont.)4. Mental - ability to deal with the day to

day demands on life. *Self-esteem, try new things, free of mental illness

5. Spiritual - Having a Belief System that is Consistent with the way you act.*Journal, Prayer, Meditation, Higher Power (Compass) -

6. Environmental - Keeping air/water and food, land Safe.

Wellness - achievement of a person’s best in the 6 components

• Illustrates person is neither completely healthy nor completely unhealthy

• Move towards illness or wellness

• Where am I? Am I satisfied?

Influences on Wellness: factors that influence

• Hereditary - traits from parents• Social - relationships • Cultural - values/beliefs• Environmental - surroundings of

where you live

Taking Charge of Your Wellness!!!

• Knowledge - What is Health Literacy?

• KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE GOOD HEALTH DECISIONS.

• PARENTS/TEACHERS/ INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE GREAT SOURCES

• LIFESTYLE - PUTTING KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION WILL CHANGE YOUR FUTURE

• ATTITUDE - “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” Charles Swindoll