What Is Wellness?

Wellness is a state of being well, a way of life, a choice, and a lifestyle designed to achieve a person’s highest potential for well-being. It is an aspect of health cost management that focuses efforts on maximizing an employee’s general health and a decision a person makes to move toward optimal health. Furthermore, the concept of wellness uses daily practices that keep one “well" and involves maintaining good nutrition, exercise, stress-control, and good personal and social relationships. In addition, it is a balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being which is a process of becoming aware of and practicing healthy choices to create a more successful and balanced lifestyle.

Emotional Wellness

• Being aware and accepting of one’s feelings.
• Ability to and having outlets for expressing one’s emotions constructively.
• Being able to adjust to change and seek positive outcomes.
• Being happy and positive

Environmental and Occupational Wellness

• Acknowledgement and appreciation of one’s interdependence with, and impact on the natural environment
• Positively contributing to the protection and sustainability of our environment
• Establishing a positive physical living and working environment
• Seeking and integrating opportunities to grow professionally, be challenged and successful
• Garnering satisfaction and enrichment from one’s chosen career and the professional relationships developed
• Capability to contribute positively, productively and safely to the collective whole

Intellectual Wellness

• A continuous openness to new concepts, ideas, perspectives and cultures
• An unbridled curiosity to seek new and diverse experiences/challenges
• Ability to successfully learn, apply new learning, change, and adapt

Physical Wellness

• Freedom from illness, disease and need for medications
• Ability to function and regularly participate safely in a variety of activities
• Maintaining a balanced natural diet and regular sleeping habits

Social Wellness

• Forming and contributing to positive relationships of mutual respect
• Comfortably and effectively performing a variety of social/group roles
• Seeking and fulfilling leadership roles that contribute positively to your community

Spiritual Wellness

• Seeking opportunities for self enlightenment and liberation
• Progression toward a stronger sense of purpose, personal values and meaning of life
• A state of harmony with self and the rest of the world/universe