Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Wellness is the ongoing process of making healthy choices to maintain balance in all dimensions of life.
Intellectual Health:
Developing and using your ability to think and reason
- Educational and professional goals
- Adaptation to change
- Creativity
- Lifelong learning
- Service learning
- Awareness of current events
- Critical evaluation of information
Career/Financial Health:
Engaging in meaningful work and responsible monetary practices
- Household and family management
- Purposeful and rewarding career
- Balance of work and leisure
- Financial stability and planning
Spiritual Health:
Exploring value and meaning in your life
- Life satisfaction
- Introspection and contemplation
- Sense of belonging
- Thinking beyond yourself
- Purpose
- Belief system, ethics and values
- Hope and optimism
Emotional Health:
Awareness, acceptance and a healthy expression of your feelings
- Assertiveness and healthy boundaries
- Intimacy
- Interdependence and independence
- Stress management
- Positive attitude and outlook on life
- Coping and communication skills
- Choosing your reaction to life
- Expressing your emotions
Physical Health:
Taking care of your body
- Dietary intake and food security
- Medical awareness and disease prevention
- Safe habits
- Adequate sleep
- Decision-making behavior
- Regular physical activity
Socio-Cultural Health:
Effectively relating to others, your community and your world
- Tolerance, acceptance and understanding
- Respect for all cultures
- Fairness and justice
- Family and friends
- Satisfying interpersonal relationships
- Involvement in community welfare/volunteerism
- Citizenship
Environmental Health:
Caring for the Earth and your surroundings
- Living sustainably
- Creating safe and healthy environments
- Protecting and enhancing resources
- Understanding effects of personal choices