Social
Wellness
means contributing to one’s human
and physical environment for the common
welfare of, and social justice within, one’s
community. It includes promoting a healthy living
environment, encouraging effective communication
and mutual respect among community members,
and seeking positive interdependent relationships
with others. It is being a person for others and
allowing others to care for you. It is also
recognizing the need for leisure and
recreation and budgeting time for
those activities.
Environmental
Wellness
is an awareness of the current state of the
Earth and the effects of your daily habits on
the physical environment. It is respect for earth’s
creation and the beauty and balance of nature.
Global wellness involves maintaining a way of
life that maximizes harmony with the earth
and minimizes harm to the environment.
It includes being involved in socially
responsible activities to protect the
environment.
Career
Wellness
is the ability to achieve a balance
between work and leisure in a way
that promotes health, a sense of personal
satisfaction and provides financial reward.
Career Wellness has a great impact on our other
areas of wellness. How we effectively deal with
work, school and our personal career goals
affects our attitude toward and interactions
with others; our personal performance
and ability to function in society; and
our overall success.
Emotional
Wellness
is striving to meet emotional needs
constructively. It is the ability to respond
resiliently to emotional states and the flow of life
events. It is realistically dealing with a variety of
situations and learning how your behaviors, thoughts,
and feelings affect one another and your decisions.
It is taking responsibility for your own behavior and
responding to challenges as opportunities. An
emotionally well person is self-aware and self-
accepting while continuing to develop as a person.
Emotional wellness is the ability to form
interdependent relationships based on
mutual commitment, trust, honesty,
and respect.
Spiritual
Wellness
is the quest for meaning, value, and
purpose resulting in hope, joy, courage and
gratitude. It connects people with their values,
backgrounds, and beliefs. It encourages one to
seek harmony and balance by allowing our thought
process to guide us to explore human purpose. It is
the personal set of values and beliefs that defines
the person, places the individual in relation to
the larger community, and promotes justice.
Our spirituality helps define our personal
beliefs through dialogue and
self-reflection.
Physical
Wellness
means respecting and taking care of
your body. It is applying your knowledge,
motivation, and skills toward enhancing
personal fitness and health. It is making
healthy and positive choices regarding a
variety of issues including nutrition, physical
activity, sexuality, sleep, the use of alcohol
and other drugs, self-care, and
the appropriate use of health
care systems.
