Do You Do You Remember the Remember the

Seven Seven Dimensions ofDimensions of

Wellness?Wellness?

Are you making Are you making decisions to be decisions to be

WELL?WELL?

Remember:Remember:HEALTH VS. WELLNESSHEALTH VS. WELLNESS…………

Being Being healthyhealthy is simply not being is simply not being physically sickphysically sick……....

WellnessWellness is a PROCESS of is a PROCESS of balancing 7 dimensions in a balancing 7 dimensions in a personperson’’s life that will allow them to s life that will allow them to live a long life, feel happy with that live a long life, feel happy with that life and be successful during that life and be successful during that life!life!

LetLet’’s quickly review our 7 s quickly review our 7 dimensions of wellnessdimensions of wellness…………

Social WellnessSocial Wellness

The The processprocess of making of making and keeping healthy and keeping healthy RELATIONSHIPS with RELATIONSHIPS with people in our lives.people in our lives.

Emotional Emotional WellnessWellnessThe The processprocess of of

accepting yourself for accepting yourself for who you are, sharing who you are, sharing

your feelings, your feelings,

maintaining a positive maintaining a positive attitude, and keeping a attitude, and keeping a

highhigh

self-esteem. self-esteem.

Physical Physical WellnessWellness

The The processprocess of making of making choices to get in shape,choices to get in shape,

be flexible, be fit , remain be flexible, be fit , remain energetic and develop energetic and develop strong bodies. It is the strong bodies. It is the

decisions we make related decisions we make related to exercise, nutrition, rest to exercise, nutrition, rest

and sleep, stress and sleep, stress management, sexual management, sexual

activity, alcohol use and activity, alcohol use and the abuse of drugs.the abuse of drugs.

School/Career School/Career WellnessWellness

The The processprocess of making of making choices related to choices related to

school/learning which school/learning which might help you with might help you with

your career/job your career/job someday. someday.

Intellectual Intellectual WellnessWellness

The The processprocess of using of using our minds to our minds to

understand ourselves understand ourselves and the world around us and the world around us while maintaining that while maintaining that

mind so we can mind so we can continually learn until continually learn until

we die!we die!

Environmental Environmental WellnessWellness

The The processprocess of making of making choices which will choices which will

contribute or improve the contribute or improve the quality of our personal quality of our personal

living space, living space, neighborhood, neighborhood,

community, and larger community, and larger aspects of the earth aspects of the earth

including air, water, land.including air, water, land.

Spiritual Spiritual WellnessWellness

The The processprocess of of discovering meaning discovering meaning

and purpose in life and and purpose in life and having values/beliefs having values/beliefs that allow us to act in that allow us to act in

healthy ways.healthy ways.

If you are If you are ““sicksick”” in each in each dimension of wellnessdimension of wellness…………..That usually results in very That usually results in very poor health and/or death!poor health and/or death!

All seven All seven dimensions dimensions have to be have to be ““ healthyhealthy”” and and balanced for balanced for you to be you to be WELL!!!!!!WELL!!!!!!

To remember the 7:To remember the 7:

RememberRemember

S.P.E.C.I.E.SS.P.E.C.I.E.S

How do you How do you

know if know if you you are are well based on well based on these seven these seven dimensions?dimensions?

Re-take the inventory, Re-take the inventory, graph your results, and graph your results, and write a S.M.A.R.T. GOAL write a S.M.A.R.T. GOAL for each dimension thatfor each dimension that’’ll ll remind you to be more remind you to be more

WELL!WELL!