Wellness means to be healthy, happy and well-adjusted in all facets of your life. These facets include your physical, emotional, intellectual, occupational, social and spiritual wellness. When you take responsibility for your own wellness, you increase your chances of success in all areas of your life. The six wellness dimensions are depicted in the following mind map.
Six Dimensions of Wellness
Physical wellness means looking after your body. That includes having a safe place to live, having enough to eat and choosing healthy food and drink, doing enough exercise and avoiding things that are harmful to your body. The key word is "health".
Emotional wellness is about feeling good about yourself and having positive self-esteem. It's about being aware of your emotions and being able to express them. Emotional wellness is about dealing with stress, expectations and emotional challenges more effectively and taking responsibility for your feelings.
Intellectual wellness means using your intellect. You use your intellect to learn from life and to acquire new knowledge. Your intellectual wellness also enables you to study successfully. This can lead you to realise your intellectual potential.
Occupational or career wellness is about continuously preparing/equiping yourself for your career so that you can be happy in your profession. This means that you will be able to do what you enjoy and which suit you and your abilities.
Social wellness is about having healthy relationships with yourself and those around you - your family and your friends, and also the wider community. It's about being together and having time for fun, working as a team to contribute positively toewards your own group and the community.
Spiritual wellness is about being connected spiritually and having meaning and purpose in your life. It's about making time for spiritual activities and/or things that make you grow as a human being - e.g. for praying, for singing, for meditating, for reflecting, for going to church and for doing faith based work.