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Question asked by Lauren Fraser 356 days ago

What does "wellness" mean to you?

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Answered by Jason Martuscello 355 days ago
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Wellness to me includes 5 dimensions that create and define our health. It is not only physical, but its mental, intellectual, spiritual, and social. Although there are 5 dimensions everyone will interpret each different and incorporate different levels of each. For example, physical and mental are my strong points that are heavily emphasized. As other people, you will find they are more spiritual or social. However you look at it wellness is defined by the person but this is my way of looking at it!
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Answered by Anonymous 351 days ago
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At the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, a school I am currently enrolled in, wellness is characterized by spirituality, career, physical activity and relationship on a circle with a pyramid sectioned up by grains, vegetables, fruits, oils and proteins. Water is the base and on the outside of the pyramid.

I think there is not one definitive answer to what is wellness, however at it's most fundamental definition, I believe it is having balance in your life-work, play, eating well, exercising and having solid, trusting relationships.
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Answered by Wendy Stewart 351 days ago
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For me, wellness includes three things: balance in body, mind, and soul. I think of them as separate points on an equilateral triangle. No one area is more important than the other, but when one area is out of balance, so will the others.
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Answered by Carol Khoury 350 days ago
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Wellness = A Holistic Healthy Lifestyle

Body, Mind, Spirit
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Answered by Michele Blake 341 days ago
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I teach all Dimensions of Wellness:

physical
mental
emotional
intellectual
spiritual
social
occupational
financial
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Answered by Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali 324 days ago
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Being of aware of what is working in your life and improving upon it.
Being aware of what is not working in your life and being proactive about improving it.
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Answered by Shawn Fears 323 days ago
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It would be easy to give you the list of things in the wellness wheel that anybody can find off of a google search but what does it really mean?

To me it means happiness with ones own physical, mental, and social well being. If a person is "well" then they can really see and feel the beauty and excitment in the world around them.
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Answered by Stephen Landrum 271 days ago
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To me, wellness is personal well-being. No one can tell you what it is, because only you can truely know.
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