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Achieving Total Wellness: Balancing Physical, Mental, and Social Health

Learn how to maintain total wellness by balancing physical, mental, and social health aspects. Discover tips for healthy eating, exercise, positive attitude, effective communication, and more to achieve optimal well-being over time.

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Achieving Total Wellness: Balancing Physical, Mental, and Social Health

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  1. Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Your Health and wellness

  2. Being Healthy • Good health involves every part of your life • Health – combination of Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Social Well being • Mental/Emotional – deals with your emotions such as, joy, fear, love

  3. Physical Health • Maintaining physical health involves taking care of your body • Eat well balanced meals • Stay fit through regular exercise • Get at least eight hours sleep • Keep body, teeth and hair clean • Have regular medical and dental checkups • Avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs

  4. Mental/Emotional Health • Maintaining mental and emotional health means taking care of your mind • Face problems with a positive and realistic attitude • Set priorities, so you won’t be overwhelmed with responsibilities • See mistakes as opportunity to learn, grow and change

  5. Mental/Emotional Health • Recognize weak areas and try to improve them • Develop effective decision-making skills • Use your talents effectively • Accept responsibility for your actions • Stand up for your beliefs and values • Remain open to learning new information

  6. Social Health • Taking care of the way you get along with other people • Have a friendly, open attitude toward other people • Learn to communicate effectively • Be loyal and truthful • Honor others’ feelings • Learn to disagree w/o arguing • Respect others’ property

  7. Staying in Balance • You must give attention to all three sides of the health triangle to maintain total health • SEE OVERHEAD (HEALTH TRIANGLE)

  8. What is Wellness • An overall state of well-being involving regular behaviors that have a positive result over time • Health is like a picture – How you are doing physically , mentally/emotionally and socially at a particular moment

  9. What is Wellness • Wellness is like a film that shows how these aspects of health interact over a period of time • The choices about health that you make every moment become part of your long-term level of wellness

  10. What does it mean to have a high level of wellness • The decisions you make now can help you maintain or achieve that goal throughout your life

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