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According to the World Health Organization, "Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is a state of optimal well-being." Achieving wellness requires balancing the various aspects of the whole person. These aspects are physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Your Wellness Team
To understand wellness, it helps to think of yourself as a team made up of several members. For the team to be effective, each member (each aspect of yourself) must have its needs met and must work in harmony with the other team members. These aspects of yourself are:
- Physical you (your body)--your tangible structure and the five senses which enable you to touch, see, hear, smell and taste the world around you
- Emotional you (your feelings)--your range of emotions from fear and anger to love and joy
- Mental you (your thoughts)--your knowledge, attitudes and beliefs; your analytical self
- Spiritual you (your spirit)--your relationship with yourself, your creativity, your life purpose, and your relationship with a Higher Power.
Your Wellness Team Needs Care
Someone has to be in charge, and that someone is always you.
- The physical you requires good nutrition, appropriate weight, beneficial exercise and adequate rest.
- The emotional you needs to give and receive forgiveness, love and compassion; needs to laugh and experience happiness; needs joyful relationships with yourself and others.
- The mental you needs self-supportive attitudes, positive thoughts and viewpoints and a positive self-image.
- The spiritual you requires inner calmness, openness to your creativity, and trust in your inner knowing.
As you can see, wellness is not just about being physically fit. More tomorrow about how to make changes to your life on your path to wellness.
These guidelines have been adapted from "Wellness from Within," a booklet published by the American Holistic Health Association (AHHA), a leading national resource connecting people with vital solutions for reaching a higher level of wellness.
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