do you remember the seven dimensions of wellness?
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Remember:Remember:HEALTH VS. WELLNESSHEALTH VS. WELLNESS…………
Being Being healthyhealthy is simply not being is simply not being physically sickphysically sick……....
WellnessWellness is a PROCESS of is a PROCESS of balancing 7 dimensions in a balancing 7 dimensions in a personperson’’s life that will allow them to s life that will allow them to live a long life, feel happy with that live a long life, feel happy with that life and be successful during that life and be successful during that life!life!
LetLet’’s quickly review our 7 s quickly review our 7 dimensions of wellnessdimensions of wellness…………
Social WellnessSocial Wellness
The The processprocess of making of making and keeping healthy and keeping healthy RELATIONSHIPS with RELATIONSHIPS with people in our lives.people in our lives.
Emotional Emotional WellnessWellnessThe The processprocess of of
accepting yourself for accepting yourself for who you are, sharing who you are, sharing
your feelings, your feelings,
maintaining a positive maintaining a positive attitude, and keeping a attitude, and keeping a
highhigh
self-esteem. self-esteem.
Physical Physical WellnessWellness
The The processprocess of making of making choices to get in shape,choices to get in shape,
be flexible, be fit , remain be flexible, be fit , remain energetic and develop energetic and develop strong bodies. It is the strong bodies. It is the
decisions we make related decisions we make related to exercise, nutrition, rest to exercise, nutrition, rest
and sleep, stress and sleep, stress management, sexual management, sexual
activity, alcohol use and activity, alcohol use and the abuse of drugs.the abuse of drugs.
School/Career School/Career WellnessWellness
The The processprocess of making of making choices related to choices related to
school/learning which school/learning which might help you with might help you with
your career/job your career/job someday. someday.
Intellectual Intellectual WellnessWellness
The The processprocess of using of using our minds to our minds to
understand ourselves understand ourselves and the world around us and the world around us while maintaining that while maintaining that
mind so we can mind so we can continually learn until continually learn until
we die!we die!
Environmental Environmental WellnessWellness
The The processprocess of making of making choices which will choices which will
contribute or improve the contribute or improve the quality of our personal quality of our personal
living space, living space, neighborhood, neighborhood,
community, and larger community, and larger aspects of the earth aspects of the earth
including air, water, land.including air, water, land.
Spiritual Spiritual WellnessWellness
The The processprocess of of discovering meaning discovering meaning
and purpose in life and and purpose in life and having values/beliefs having values/beliefs that allow us to act in that allow us to act in
healthy ways.healthy ways.
If you are If you are ““sicksick”” in each in each dimension of wellnessdimension of wellness…………..That usually results in very That usually results in very poor health and/or death!poor health and/or death!
All seven All seven dimensions dimensions have to be have to be ““ healthyhealthy”” and and balanced for balanced for you to be you to be WELL!!!!!!WELL!!!!!!
How do you How do you
know if know if you you are are well based on well based on these seven these seven dimensions?dimensions?