What IS Wellness?

Wellness is reaching and living to your fullest abilities and talents. It is reaching your potential in all 5 specific areas of life- Spiritual, Intellectual, Physical, Emotional, and Social. The most critical element of wellness is BALANCE. It is very important for the individual to achieve and maintain balance in all 5 areas of wellness. If any of the areas of wellness are neglected, or overemphasized it will put the individual out of balance and their level of wellness will lower.

A major component of wellness is active participation in health and lifestyle choices. Our current society still adheres to the principle of fixing it as soon as it breaks. The concept or principle of wellness is that we as individuals take active responsibility for our own health and lifestyle choices. A person with a high level of wellness will make and live choices that will enhance and improve their lives. For example, they will actively choose to exercise regularly, they will make healthy nutrition choices, they will learn and incorporate stress management techniques. They will be open and honest with others and be open to loving and caring for other people. All of these are an essential part of wellness.

As you go through these next 8 weeks, strive daily to improve in each of the areas. At the end of each day be able to show and tell yourself that you are a better person because of the experiences of the day. Look for opportunities to serve and help. Don’t wait to be asked. This can truly be the greatest growing experience of your life. Make it that way.

Make it happen.

p.s. I derived this with a few edits on my part from my American Epidemic class at college. LOVED that class! :)