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Do Now #1. In complete sentences: What is wellness? What does it mean to be healthy? Your personal definition. Examples. WELLNESS. Junior Health. Health vs. Wellness. Health : Condition of being of sound body with emphasis on freedom from pain and disease. . Wellness:
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Do Now #1 In complete sentences: • What is wellness? • What does it mean to be healthy? Your personal definition. Examples.
WELLNESS Junior Health
Health vs. Wellness • Health: • Condition of being of sound body with emphasis on freedom from pain and disease. • Wellness: • A multi-dimensional state of well-being, a holistic approach to life that encompasses physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, environmental, and occupational.
7 Dimensions of Wellness • 1. Emotional • 2. Environmental • 3. Intellectual • 4. Occupational • 5. Physical • 6. Spiritual • 7. Social • Each group will receive a dimension. Groups will come up with a definition and some examples.
Emotional Wellness • Having the ability to feel and express emotions, like happiness, sadness, and anger and accepting our worth • Manage stress, possess self-esteem and self acceptance, and appropriately sharing feelings with others. • Skills include: • seeking and providing support, learning time management skills, practicing stress management skills, and accepting and forgiving yourself.
Environmental Wellness • Includes protecting the earth and its resources and modifying your surroundings to help you achieve a healthy lifestyle. • Making a positive impact on the quality of our environment. • Ideas: • conserve water and other natural resources • reduce, reuse, recycle • minimize your exposure to chemicals • renew your relationship with the earth • Ability to recognize our own responsibility for the quality of the water, air, and land around us. • Modifying your environment to remove or minimize barriers. • Example: rearranging your work area to allow you to be more productive.
Intellectual Wellness • Striving to improve your intellect and your creative spark. • Examples include: • taking a course or workshop • learning a foreign language • reading for personal enjoyment • seeking out persons who challenge you intellectually • taking up a hobby. • Using our minds to create a greater understanding and appreciation of the universe and ourselves.
Occupational Wellness • Preparing and making use of your skills and talents. • Finding a career that is meaningful, enjoyable and rewarding is vital to job satisfaction. • Ideas include: • exploring career options • creating a vision of your future • being open to learning new skills
Question? • It is better to choose a career which is consistent with your personal values, interests, and beliefs than to select one that is unrewarding? • Money vs. happiness?
Physical Wellness • Encompasses a variety of healthy behaviors including: • adequate exercise • proper nutrition • abstaining from harmful behaviors like drug use and alcohol abuse
Spiritual Wellness • Set of beliefs, principles, or values that guide your life. (Not strictly religion) • Ability to establish peace and harmony in our lives. • Increase your spiritual well-being by: • exploring your spiritual core • being curious • listen to your heart and following your principles • allow yourself and others around you the freedom to be who they are
Social Wellness • Receiving and giving support to family and friends, enhancing diversity and becoming active in issues that you care about. • Ideas include: • interacting with people of other cultures, backgrounds & beliefs. • cultivating healthy relationships • sharing your talents and skills • contributing to your community • communicating your thoughts, ideas and feelings.
Do Now #2 • Personally, what dimension is the most important to your overall health and wellness? Why? • Rank the dimensions of wellness 1-7, most important to least important. (Your personal point of view)
Group Work • In small groups of 3-4 students each (7 groups total). • Your group will come up with ideas to support why you believe your specific dimension of wellness is the most important. • Be able to support your groups decision with examples. • You are defending your dimension even if you don’t believe your dimension is most important, think of reasons why someone would feel that way.
Most Important? • Wellness is much more than merely physical health, exercise or nutrition. It is the full integration of states of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being • All dimensions are equally as important to be a healthy individual.
Physical Wellness Controllable Uncontrollable Gender Genetics Aging Disease/Illness Injuries Metabolism • Diet • Exercise • Alcohol • Smoking • Sleep • Hygiene
Overall Wellness Controllable Uncontrollable Gender Environment Genetics Aging Mental Health Family Cohesiveness Socioeconomics • Diet • Exercise • Alcohol • Smoking • Education • Coping Mechanisms • Religion • Friends • Hygiene • Sleep