When I looked at my schedule I was surprised when a saw I had a gym class on it. Then I realized that my first ever college lecture was Fitness for Life, bright and early on monday morning. But I did not understand that it was so much more than a gym class. Fitness for Life helps students gain a better understanding of overall wellness and physical activity, while balancing life expectations. Fitness for Life helped me be a healthier person. Wellness is more than the absence of illness. It is a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential for well being. My personal wellness pie chart right now is extremely unbalanced. My physical and emotional wellness are the only thing that are equal. The larger two wellness aspects are social and intellectual. They tend to be larger because I am constantly with my friends and working on homework. After making my pie chart I realized how low or small my spiritual wellness was. I want that my spiritual life to be a bigger part in my life. In my personal wellness balance chart goals all of my different types of illnesses are equal. I want my life to be balanced in every aspect of wellness. I know most of the time my life is not balanced, but balance is what I want to strive for. Doing these pie charts made me think about what wellness aspects I need to focus more on to have a balanced life. Good risk management of the wellness components require knowledge of their natures an intentional making of
Wellness according to the National Wellness Institute is a process of being aware of making choices towards a more successful existence (Arloski, pg. 13). Wellness is also a way of life, a choice and efficient channeling of energy, the mind spirit and body and acceptance of self (Arloski, pg. 13). Wellness also consist of and have many other dimensions such as, holistic nature of wellness and health. Wellness focuses more on helping each person reach their highest level of health (Arloski, pg. 13). A biblical worldview of wellness is that it is important to be healthy but unfortunately even Christians continue to abuse their bodies by not adhering to a healthy diet. Our bodies are a temple from God and should be taken care of.
Spiritual Wellness- To have beliefs that help you out in your life, that help you have a
Wellness is the health of a person as a whole. It encompasses the person’s physical, as well as mental and emotional health. Over time, therapist came to the realization that clients needed to be well in every aspect of their lives in order to be healthy ("Wellness in Mental
For a fulfilling, healthy balanced life Kevin M Norris confirms in his article “Finding Balance: 6 Dimensions of Wellness” that following the six dimensions could lead to improvement in unhealthy lifestyles. Norris expresses that when you evolve the six dimensions of wellness it could be used as a model or a guide. Norris begins to list off the 6 dimensions which are physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, environmental and social. When Norris begins to explain of each dimensions balance each other he states, “Each dimension forms a piece of a lifestyle pie; without one piece, there is a void, a missing link that imbalances the remainder of the dimensions’. In order to take control or to achieve a goal to become healthy and maintain
The purpose of this paper is to explain my definition of Intellectual, emotional, social and physical wellness. Also the purpose is to set certain goals for myself so I have a standard that I can attain to.
The message that my total health assessment articulates about my current state of health is that although my lifestyle choices are fairly ideal, there is always room for improvement. The categories that pertain to the physical health component of wellness, include eating habits, physical activity, tobacco/drug/alcohol use, sleep, and safety. All of these categories are applicable to the physical health aspect of wellness, because they all have a great impact in the way your body physically feels and looks, depending on the choices you choose to make, which can either be positive or negative. In addition, the categories that affect the mental health component of wellness, include attitudes towards life, spiritual connectivity, stress management,
The working class rhetoric about fitness and wellness has been a subject of concern for quite some time. The period when people were shifting their social ideologies in which class and gender were mapped onto bodies in every material condition of life also provided a framework for the recommended change in the society. It is highly relevant to study how people navigate their lives as far as sexuality and gender are concerned (Lee 245). The implications for the gendered sense of self for the middle class can be innovative regarding the methodology employed. The popular culture has represented fat people as revolting and as agents of abhorrence and disgust. In some instances, we can recognize fatness from a political perspective but not necessarily
Fitness is something every college student struggles with. With the high levels demanded of college students, such as research papers, group projects, assignments, jobs, and overall lack of sleep it can become very difficult to find the time to workout or be active. Student like to be active thought because it helps put them in a better mood. They are able to relax and have more energy. If students come in with a plan though they are more likely to stick to their routine and maintain their workout plan. It also helps to have a person to workout with. This allows for both individuals to motivate each other to stay on their workout routine, this especially helps for women. Generally though, by setting your mind to staying fit, you will not only see the benefits physically, but it will also help individuals set goals that are achievable in life and help maintain their stress level (Whelan, 2016).
I fell in love with the notion of living a life full of wellness and began to understand how setting goals for yourself was a necessity. Although counseling and mental health is still beyond my full understanding, I believe I could start by helping others begin to see their value in life and guide them to understanding wellness. To me over all wellness is the foundation to counseling and the foundation to life. One example of wellness is the process of losing weight and becoming a healthier version of yourself. You cannot exercise, lose weight, and change your overall physical health if you do not take the time to change your mental state
There are six separate and distinct categories when defining one’s wellness. Those stages are physical, social, vocational, environmental, psychological, and spiritual. Without one the other could not exist. Physical wellness includes being physically fit, eating nutritiously, and getting adequate sleep. I consider myself to be doing well in this category. I always am in bed before midnight, and exercise at least four to five times in a week. I consider my diet to be the one thing lacking when looking deeper into my physical well-being. Social wellness means having satisfying, trusting relationships and interacting well with others. I feel that this is also a strong part of my total wellness. I feel confident as well as excited to meet new people here at Cornerstone everyday. Vocational wellness is finding meaning in and satisfaction with your school, job, and leisure pursuits. Looking at the vocational
Health and wellness are increasingly being used. Health actually is more to a medical and describes the mental and physical state of a person. It will reflect a lack of disease of a person. In the contrary, wellness is defined as the overall process of maintaining a state of good health of a person. Wellness involves conscious decisions on the part of the individual, while health simply describes a person's condition of the body. However, the combined phrase health and wellness showed the meaning of the state of complete physical, mental, emotional health and social wellbeing, and it is when a person is absence of disease.
There will be five dimensions explained under this topic. Which are: Financial dimension, physical dimension, intellectual dimension, emotional dimension and social dimension. Wellness is substantially more than only physical wellbeing, activity or sustenance. It is the full coordination of conditions of these five dimensions.
Physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual, and environmental wellness are all considered the six dimensions of wellness with occupational wellness being the possible seventh. But what are these exactly? And how do they apply to me and my health and wellness?
Health and Fitness are a big aspect in the world today. This industry has had an incredible amount of growth over the past 30 years. The industry first became popular in the 1970 's, with the idea that it would not always be popular. "Most Americans rate their physical and emotional health as a top personal priority." This industry has two major demographic groups; The Boomers and the Gen Y generation. The main reason why the Industry has grown and is still growing is because people are becoming more aware of the importance to stay healthy and fit.
The Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project is assigning from Manage Your Health, Inc. (MYH). This intranet project provides an application on the current Intranet to help employees improve their health.