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Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness. Definitions. Health “The capacity to lead a satisfying life, fulfill ambitions, and accomodate to change” Ever changing process of trying to achieve one’s individual potential Wellness The combination of health and happiness

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Health and Wellness

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  1. Health and Wellness

  2. Definitions • Health • “The capacity to lead a satisfying life, fulfill ambitions, and accomodate to change” • Ever changing process of trying to achieve one’s individual potential • Wellness • The combination of health and happiness • Achieving balance in one’s mental, physical, emotional, social, environmental, and spiritual life

  3. Physical Wellnes • Being Active • Exercise regularly • Eat a well balanced diet • Maintain a healthy body weight • Get sufficient sleep • Good physical fitness and confidence in one’s personal ability to take care of health problems

  4. Emotional Wellness • Look at success and failure and continue on • Not worrying about failure, learning from it and moving on • Know how to laugh • The ability to understand one’s own feelings, accept limitations and achieve emotional stability

  5. Mental Wellness • Like to learn • Not intimidated by facts and figures • Open minded • A state in which one’s mind is engaged in lively interaction with the surrounding world

  6. Social Wellness • Friendly • Interest in humanity and environment • The ability to relate well to others, both within and outside of family

  7. Environmental Wellness • The effect of our surroundings • Clean air • Pure water • shelter • The capability to live in a clean and safe environment that is not detrimental to your health

  8. Occupational Wellness • Not tied to high salary • “ideal Job” • Still has routine tasks, but new challenges • Ability to perform one’s job effectively and with skill under conditions that provide personal and team satisfaction, and that adequately rewards each individual

  9. Other • Spiritual • Connected to a sense of meaning • Leads to faith, love, joy, fulfillment • Altruism • Doing good for others is good for oneself

  10. Dimensions Spiritual Physical Environment Emotional WELLNESS Mental Occupation Social

  11. How can I become more active? • Take calculated risks and set reasonable goals • Find a friend to participate with you • Start out doing a little each day • Build on your successes • Choose 10 min activities daily • Incorporate • Taking the stairs instead of an elevator • Get off the bus a few blocks early • Walk to your friends house instead of driving

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