People often think about wellness is primarily being in good physical and mental health. Wellness in terms of physical health - nutrition, exercise, weight management, etc., but it is so much more.
It is a overall combination of physical, mental and spiritual well-being, moving the body, engaging the mind and nurturing the spirit. Problems in one area can impact the another,because they are so closely linked.
When we can examine our wellbeing from all of these perspectives then we can live happier, healthier life.
Improving your mental health can also benefit your physical health and other life domains, and vice a versa. To achieve good physical and mental health results, it is important to practice healthy habits every day.
By making simple and healthy choices every day, you are on your way to reducing stress, engaging in positive social interactions, and maintaining good health.
Dimensions of wellness include:
1. Physical wellness
Our physical bodies carry not just general stress, but traumatic stress. Increased fatigue, difficulty sleeping, or tension headaches and body aches are all common signs that we may be carrying traumatic adjustment stress.
Caring for your body to stay healthy through exercise, nutrition, sleep, etc.
2. Mental wellness
Mental wellness and health can be assessed by looking for a mental illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. It is an internal resource that helps us think, feel, connect, and function; it is an active process that helps us to build resilience, grow, and flourish.
Many mental illnesses can be properly managed with therapy, medication, and/or other forms of treatment.
3. Emotional wellness
Similar to mental wellness but it is more about your ability to handle stress and make it through difficult situations. emotional wellness can be properly managed with accepting and expressing our feelings, and understanding the feelings of others, Feeling positive and enthusiastic about your life.
4. Spiritual wellness
Your faith, creative ways, beliefs and values all fall into the realm of spiritual health.
Finding purpose, value and meaning in your life with or without organized religion. Living a life of meaning and purpose, attains a higher level of spiritual well-being
5. Social wellness
Social wellness is about your interaction with, connecting and engaging with others and our communities in meaningful ways. For this, maintain healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you.
6. Environmental wellness
The people, places, attitudes, and ideas that surround us in daily life also define our environmental wellness. Understand how your social, natural and built environment affect your health and well-being.
For environmental wellness keep in touch with your family, friends, teachers, mentors. Be open to having conversations with people you are living around.
For this, maintain healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you.
Tips for improving your wellness
Following tips helps you for improving your wellness
1. Increasing your physical activity
To improve your overall wellness, do regular physical exercises.
Exercise and physical activity are not only good for you, they're also a fun way to spend time - a chance to unwind, to be outdoors, to get social or to simply do something that makes you happy.
2. Develop good bedtime routine and stick to it
Sleep plays a vital role in your mental and physical wellbeing. Sleep deprivation can contribute to obesity, heart problems and poor insulin management that could lead to type 2 diabetes and other mental health disorders.
Aim to get 7-9 hours each night. It can help you develop a bedtime routine that tells your body and mind that it's time to relax.
Change your habits, change your life
3. Practice mindfulness
Mindfulness is a pretty straightforward word. It suggests that the mind is fully attending to what's happening, to what you're doing, to the space you're moving through.
Mindfulness is the practice of becoming more fully aware of the present moment, without judging yourself or reacting to that moment.This is form of meditation can reduce depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health issues.
Everything is created twice. First in the mind and then in reality.
4. Eat balance and healthy diet
The importance of a balanced diet can't be emphasized enough for a healthy lifestyle. A balanced diet gives your body the nutrients it needs to function correctly.
A proper meal plan helps to attain ideal body weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular and other types of cancer.
5. Find a healthy way to manage stress and mental health
If you notice changes in your mental wellbeing, ask yourself why. Is how you are feeling a normal response to everyday life or an indicator that you may be developing a more serious mental health issue? If it's the latter, it may help to schedule an appointment with a counselor or therapist and talk about what is going on.
