Wellness is becoming aware of your physical and emotional state of being and making better choices for a better life. There are different categories of wellness, including social, occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional, environmental, and financial. My strongest performing areas of wellness are intellectual and physical. My weakest areas of wellness are financial, occupational, and emotional. All the categories of wellness affect each other and the level of a person's performance overall. Intellectual and physical are my strongest categories of wellness. I strive to be more knowledgeable of the world and to make more creations of unique art. I find that I am able to analyze and comprehend documents, data, and articles well. I also have a creative mind and huge imaginations. I love to write, read, and draw; my creativity and precision of drawing details contribute to these passions. Sciences such as biology, chemistry, and astronomy fascinate me, and gathering data and my goal for more discoveries contributes to this. Occupational, financial, and emotional are my weakest categories of wellness. I do not have a job yet, I am bad at handling money, and I have problems with self-care. The closest thing I have to a job is when I help at …show more content…
Decisions that are based on certain categories can affect the result in another category. Financial decisions may affect how well you do in your job, or occupation. Feelings and thoughts, or emotions, can affect how you perform in social conditions. Your performance in social instances could affect your occupation, and thus impact your financial standpoint. The other dimensions of wellness are linked together and affects what happens in the end. Neglecting one of these categories could totally change the outcome of a situation. The change in a situation may be good, but sometimes it changes for
Myers & Sweeney (2008) states, the wheel of wellness is a model that is gear towards the individual’s well-being in which body, mind, and spirit are linked as one so that the client and professional can live life to the fullest within social and natural norms. In addition, resilience for professionals is to know how to cope and come out of a stressful situation without any kind of remorse. Furthermore, prevention is to prevent disastrous of one’s life. For example, an individual needs to re-evaluate his or her life on a daily basis. According to Venart & Pitcher 2007 [Myers & Sweeney (2005] states, Wellness is an aftermath and a system, a primary aspiration for existing, and a way of life.
The notion of health is contextual and an interactive, dynamic process between person and environment (Schim et al, 2007). Both wellness and illness are conceptualized by the ‘person’, existing on a continuum across the lifespan (Arnold & Boggs, 2001).
Fain, N. C. & Lewis. N. M. (2002). Wellness: The Holistic Approach to Health. Journal of
Wellness is imperative to a healthy life. Sometimes, people do not really consider what makes up wellness, they simply think of it as being “well”. Wellness may be a state of being “well”, however, it incorporates different areas such as nutrition, health, safety, nurturing, and emotional stability. People must be healthy in all of these areas in order to achieve wellness. This is not an easy task for an adult, but definitely not for children.
My emotional wellness I cope with things that are around me. I usually do not communicate about my feelings. Also I really do not talk about my situations because I feel that my personal situations are not worth being shared to others only because I do not trust people easily. I agree on the author's interpretation of my wellness worksheet.
Positive health looks at what aspects of health are there and which ones make us healthy.
Physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual, and environmental wellness are all considered the six dimensions of wellness with occupational wellness being the possible seventh. But what are these exactly? And how do they apply to me and my health and wellness?
WHO, 1986 defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Therefore, it is viewed as much a social as a biological issue. "Healthy" is broadly used in the framework of “healthy environments” as to its impact on the benefit of humans.
Well-being is a term used to describe the physical, psychological and social condition of an individual. The physical well-being of a person is in relation to the functional daily activities such as eating, dressing, bathing and moving around. The psychological well-being relates to the cognitive functions of an individual, such as being able to deal with fear, anxiety, stress and depression. The social well-being is about one’s ability of being part of a society and interacting with them different people along with fulfilling roles as a family member, a friend, and a colleague. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as the “complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of infirmity” (WHO 1948). This explains how the well-being of an individual does not only rely on the absence of ill health but it also takes into account the other aspects of life which affect the quality of life. Quality of life is def...
When thinking of my overall health, a few aspects stand out that I think I could definitely improve on. When I think my current personal wellness I think it is fairly decent. There are definitely people out there far worse than myself. It could be better because there is always room for improvement. I’m a big fan of personal growth. To me if a person decides to stop growing or wanting to better themselves either mentally, physically or emotiontally. Then whats the real purpose for living? I am a fairly active person. I love to hike, stay fit and eat healthy. Living a healthy lifestyle isn’t hard for me which I think definitely contributes to a wellness.
Knowing what each of these dimensions of wellness requires can feel overwhelming. However, one should not be discouraged because of what they lack, but look forward to the improvement we are capable of bringing to our own lives. Becoming more spiritual will always be beneficial. Anytime one can improve their relationship with God one can improve their life astronomically. Emotional wellness is possible even for those who have been through horrible experiences. Practicing emotional wellness can bring healing. Physical and nutritional wellness will lead to a longer, pleasanter life and social wellness will make that life worth living. Sharing a well life with family, friends, and God will make time on this earth an irreplaceable experience.
Wellness is defined as “an active life-long process of becoming aware of and making choices to achieve optimal health and a more successful and balanced existence” (Ren et al., 2007). Wellness incorporates the spiritual, emotional and social wellbeing of an individual. When it came to thinking, planning and developing my SMART goal I decided to focus on my physical health as this was an area that I needed to improve the most and would also contribute positively to my spiritual, emotional, social, intellectual and environmental wellbeing aswell. In this reflective essay I will discuss and reflect on this journey. This reflection will include why I decided to focus on this specific SMART goal aswell as how I found the SMART goal journey. I will then discuss my own view on my attitudes for health and wellness and will discuss what a SMART goal is and the importance of them in order to start working towards those goals and to positively change behaviours and habits. This reflection will also include challenges that may be experienced in relation to behaviour change. These may include time management and motivation.
Health is described as physical and mental well-being and freedom from disease, pain or defect. However, such descriptions only superficially define the actual meaning of health. There may be many occasions when individuals are not necessarily ill or in pain but may be overweight, stressed or emotionally unstable. Health is a quality of life involving dynamic interaction and interdependence among the individual’s physical state, their mental and emotional reactions, and the social context in which the individual exists. There are many factors that influence your health, but three major components contribute to general well-being: Self-awareness, a balanced diet and, regular physical activity.
According to the text, wellness is defined as an "integrated and dynamic level of functioning oriented toward maximizing potential, dependent on self-responsibility. " It involves both preventive health behaviors and a shift in thinking and attitude. Wellness is a lifelong promise to oneself of growth and achievement in each of the seven dimensions: emotional, spiritual, physical, occupational, intellectual, environmental, and social. It means a lifetime of ongoing change and always striving toward higher levels of healthy and successful living. This means, ultimately, that one must live a life that caters to each of those dimensions, both individually and collectively.
Onto my physical health as a whole this dimension plays a huge rule in my wellness. I find my body to be very healthy. I am very active I love to exercise and eat right, and get enough sleep. I find my physical health to be very important to keep