What Is Wellness?

1. Spiritual Wellness

1.1. Finding purpose, value, and meaning in your life with or without organized religion

1.2. Participating in activities that are consistent with your beliefs and values

1.2.1. Prayer

2. Physical Wellness

2.1. Going to the doctor/dentist regularly

2.2. Being active

2.2.1. Walking

2.2.2. Running

2.2.3. Playing sports

2.2.4. Swimming

2.2.5. Working out

2.3. Eating healthy foods

2.3.1. Having a balanced diet

2.3.2. Consuming the right amount of calories

2.3.3. Avoiding unhealthy foods

3. Mental Wellness

3.1. Intellectual

3.1.1. Growing intellectually

3.1.2. Maintaining curiosity about all there is to learn

3.1.3. Valuing lifeling learning

3.1.4. Responding positively to intellectual challenges

3.1.5. Expanding knowledge and skills while discovering the potential for sharing your gifts with other

4. Financial Wellness

4.1. Managing your resources to live within your means, making informed financial decisions and investments, setting realistic goals, and preparing for short-term and long-term needs or emergencies

4.2. Being aware that everyone’s financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique

5. Emotional Wellness

5.1. Understanding and respecting your feelings, values, and attitudes

5.2. Appreciating the feelings of others

5.3. Managing your emotions in a constructive way

5.4. Feeling positive and enthusiastic about your life

6. Social Wellness

6.1. Maintaining healthy relationships

6.2. Enjoying being with others

6.3. Developing friendships and intimate relations

6.4. Caring about others and letting others care about you

6.5. Contributing to your community

7. Vocational Wellness

7.1. Preparing for and participating in work that provides personal satisfaction and life enrichment that is consistent with your values, goals, and lifestyle

7.2. Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding

8. Environmental Wellness

8.1. Understanding how your social, natural, and built environments affect your health and well-being

8.2. Being aware of the unstable state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment

8.3. Demonstrating commitment to a healthy planet