Do Now #1
In complete sentences:
• What is wellness?
• What does it mean to be healthy?
Your personal definition. Examples.
WELLNESS
Junior Health
Health vs. Wellness
• Health:
– Condition of being of
sound body with
emphasis on freedom
from pain and disease.
• Wellness:
– A multi-dimensional
state of well-being, a
holistic approach to life
that encompasses
physical, emotional,
intellectual, spiritual,
social, environmental,
and occupational.
7 Dimensions of Wellness
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1. Emotional
2. Environmental
3. Intellectual
4. Occupational
5. Physical
6. Spiritual
7. Social
• Each group will receive a dimension.
Groups will come up with a definition
and some examples.
Emotional Wellness
• Having the ability to feel
and express emotions,
• Skills include:
like happiness, sadness,
– seeking and providing
and anger and accepting
support, learning
time management
our worth
– Manage stress, possess
self-esteem and self
acceptance, and
appropriately sharing
feelings with others.
skills, practicing stress
management skills,
and accepting and
forgiving yourself.
Environmental Wellness
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Includes protecting the earth and its resources and
modifying your surroundings to help you achieve a
healthy lifestyle.
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Making a positive impact on the quality of our
environment.
Ideas:
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conserve water and other natural resources
reduce, reuse, recycle
minimize your exposure to chemicals
renew your relationship with the earth
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Ability to recognize our own responsibility for the quality of
the water, air, and land around us.
Modifying your environment to remove or minimize
barriers.
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Example: rearranging your work area to allow you to
be more productive.
Intellectual Wellness
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Striving to improve your intellect and your
creative spark.
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Examples include:
 taking a course or workshop
 learning a foreign language
 reading for personal enjoyment
 seeking out persons who challenge you
intellectually
 taking up a hobby.
Using our minds to create a greater
understanding and appreciation of the
universe and ourselves.
Occupational Wellness
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Preparing and making use of your skills
and talents.
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Finding a career that is meaningful,
enjoyable and rewarding is vital to job
satisfaction.
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Ideas include:
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exploring career options
creating a vision of your future
being open to learning new skills
Question?
• It is better to choose a career which is
consistent with your personal values,
interests, and beliefs than to select one that
is unrewarding?
• Money vs. happiness?
Physical Wellness
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Encompasses a variety of healthy
behaviors including:
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adequate exercise
proper nutrition
abstaining from harmful behaviors like
drug use and alcohol abuse
Spiritual Wellness
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Set of beliefs, principles, or values that
guide your life. (Not strictly religion)
Ability to establish peace and harmony in our
lives.
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Increase your spiritual well-being by:
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exploring your spiritual core
being curious
listen to your heart and following your principles
allow yourself and others around you the freedom to
be who they are
Social Wellness
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Receiving and giving support to family and
friends, enhancing diversity and becoming
active in issues that you care about.
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Ideas include:
 interacting with people of other cultures,
backgrounds & beliefs.
 cultivating healthy relationships
 sharing your talents and skills
 contributing to your community
 communicating your thoughts, ideas and
feelings.
Do Now #2
• Personally, what dimension is the most
important to your overall health and wellness?
Why?
• Rank the dimensions of wellness 1-7, most
important to least important. (Your personal
point of view)
Group Work
• In small groups of 3-4
students each (7 groups
total).
• Your group will come up
with ideas to support
why you believe your
specific dimension of
wellness is the most
important.
• Be able to support your
groups decision with
examples.
• You are defending your
dimension even if you
don’t believe your
dimension is most
important, think of
reasons why someone
would feel that way.
OCCUPATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
WELLNESS
PHYSICAL
WELLNESS
EMOTIONAL
WELLNESS
INTELLECTUAL
WELLNESS
SOCIAL WELLNESS
SPIRITUAL
WELLNESS
Most Important?
• Wellness is much more than merely physical
health, exercise or nutrition. It is the full
integration of states of physical, mental, and
spiritual well-being
• All dimensions are equally as important to be
a healthy individual.
Physical Wellness
Controllable
• Diet
• Exercise
• Alcohol
• Smoking
• Sleep
• Hygiene
Uncontrollable
• Gender
• Genetics
• Aging
• Disease/Illness
• Injuries
• Metabolism
Overall Wellness
Controllable
Uncontrollable
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Diet
Exercise
Alcohol
Smoking
Education
Coping Mechanisms
Religion
Friends
Hygiene
Sleep
Gender
Environment
Genetics
Aging
Mental Health
Family Cohesiveness
Socioeconomics