Wellness

Personal Wellness

Personal wellness is an important part of aperson's development.  Please use this page to find free resourcesto improve your health and well being.
Noneof this information is intended to replace the advice of a physician ora health professional.  These are all just general guidelines. All people are different.

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Nutrition

Ahealthy diet is important in your pursuit of a healthy lifestly. The following links will assist you in improving your diet.

The Nutrition Source
The Nutrition Source aims to provide timely, evidence-based information on diet and nutrition for clinicians, allied health professionals, and the public. Launched in 2003 by the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, The Nutrition Source accepts no advertising or commercial sponsorship, nor does it endorse any particular products. Expert faculty from the Department of Nutrition and other invited experts review all content before it is posted on the site, and all content is re-reviewed regularly.

NAT Tools for Good Health
NATis provided as a public service by the Food Science and Human NutritionDepartment at the University of Illinois. The tool is intended toempower individuals to select a nutrient dense diet.

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Physical activity or Fitness

Physicalactivity is an essential part of your plan to reduce your chances forchronic disease.  The easiest way to add some physical activity toyour day is to walk as much and as often as you can.  Park faraway from buildings.  Take short five minute walking breaks asoften as you can.  If you are able to fit in thirty more minutesof walking into your day you are well on your way to a healthylifestyle.  For those of you more interested in improving yourpersonal fitness read on:

Workoutz.com
offersfree workout videos that you can view and download.  With overseveral hundred exercise  to choose from this is an excellent freeresource.

Leonard Fitness
has several articles that address several frequently asked fitness questions.

Healthier US
is a gateway to other credible resources that you can use to improve your health and well being.

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Social Wellness

Contributeto the environment or your community.  This will allow you todevelop and maintain a better relationship with your own personalenvironment, eventually allowing you to appreciate things more. It is better to think of the greater good than to think of onlyour own self interests.  It is better to live in harmony than inconflict.

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Occupational Wellness

The choice of profession,job satisfaction, career ambitions, and personal performance are allimportant components of your path's terrain.  It is better tochoose a career which is consistent with our personal values interestsand beliefs than to select one that is unrewarding.  It is betterto develop functional, transferable skills through structuredinvolvement opportunities than to remain inactive and uninvolved.

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Spiritual Wellness

Thespiritual dimension recognizes our search for meaning and purpose inhuman existence.  You'll know you're becoming spiritually wellwhen your actions become more consistent with your beliefs and values,resulting in a "world view."  It is better to ponder the meaningof life for ourselves and to be tolerant of the beliefs of others thanto close our minds and become intolerant.  It is better to liveeach day in a way that is consistent with our values and beliefs thanto do otherwise and feel untrue to ourselves.

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Intellectual Wellness

Theintellectual dimension recognizes one's creative, stimulating mentalactivities. A well person expands their knowledge and skills whilediscovering the potential for sharing their gifts with others.  Asyou develop your intellectual curiosity, you'll actively strive toexpand and challenge your mind with creative endeavors.  It isbetter to stretch and challenge our minds with intellectual andcreative pursuits than to become self-satisfied and unproductive. It is better to identify potential problems and choose appropriatecourses of action based on available information than to wait, worryand contend with major concerns later.

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Emotional Wellness

Theemotional dimension recognizes awareness and acceptance of one'sfeelings. Emotional wellness includes the degree to which one feelspositive and enthusiastic about oneself and life. It includes thecapacity to manage one's feelings and related behaviors including therealistic assessment of one's limitations, development of autonomy, andability to cope effectively with stress.  It is better to be awareof and accept our feelings than to deny them.  It is better to beoptimistic in our approach to life than pessimistic.

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