Health and Wellness
Chapter 1
6 Dimensions of Wellness
-Physical Wellness: body’s overall condition and the absence of disease but your fitness lever, ability to care for yourself * Eating well * Exercising *Avoiding harmful habits *Practicing safer sex *Recognizing symptoms of disease * Getting regular checkups *Avoiding injuries
-Emotional Wellness: Mental health and reflects your ability to understand and deal with your feelings, ability to live a full and creative life and the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges *Optimism *Trust * Self-esteem *Self-acceptance *Self-confidence *Ability to understand and accept one’s feelings * Ability to share feelings with others
-Intellectual Wellness: Constantly challenge their minds, never stop learning, and seek out new experiences and challenges *Openness to new ideas *Capacity to question *Ability to think critically *Motivation to master new skills *Sense of humor * Creativity * Curiosity *Lifelong learning
-Interpersonal Wellness: ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships, requires participating in and contributing to your community and to society *Communication skills *Capacity for intimacy *Ability to establish and maintain satisfying relationships *Ability to cultivate support system of friends and family
-Spiritual Wellness: possess a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning and purpose to your life, esp. in difficult times. Focuses on positive aspects of life and finds spirituality to be an antidote for negative feelings such as cynicism, anger, and pessimism. Organized religions help many people develop spiritual health. Many people find meaning and purpose in their lives on their own through nature, art, meditation, or good works or with loved ones *Capacity for love *Compassion *Forgiveness *Altruism *Joy *Fulfillment *Caring for others *Sense of meaning
6 Dimensions of Wellness
-Physical Wellness: body’s overall condition and the absence of disease but your fitness lever, ability to care for yourself * Eating well * Exercising *Avoiding harmful habits *Practicing safer sex *Recognizing symptoms of disease * Getting regular checkups *Avoiding injuries
-Emotional Wellness: Mental health and reflects your ability to understand and deal with your feelings, ability to live a full and creative life and the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges *Optimism *Trust * Self-esteem *Self-acceptance *Self-confidence *Ability to understand and accept one’s feelings * Ability to share feelings with others
-Intellectual Wellness: Constantly challenge their minds, never stop learning, and seek out new experiences and challenges *Openness to new ideas *Capacity to question *Ability to think critically *Motivation to master new skills *Sense of humor * Creativity * Curiosity *Lifelong learning
-Interpersonal Wellness: ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships, requires participating in and contributing to your community and to society *Communication skills *Capacity for intimacy *Ability to establish and maintain satisfying relationships *Ability to cultivate support system of friends and family
-Spiritual Wellness: possess a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning and purpose to your life, esp. in difficult times. Focuses on positive aspects of life and finds spirituality to be an antidote for negative feelings such as cynicism, anger, and pessimism. Organized religions help many people develop spiritual health. Many people find meaning and purpose in their lives on their own through nature, art, meditation, or good works or with loved ones *Capacity for love *Compassion *Forgiveness *Altruism *Joy *Fulfillment *Caring for others *Sense of meaning