What is wellness?
- “The condition of good physical and mental health, especially when maintained by proper diet, exercise and habits.” – American Heritage Dictionary
- “It’s about feeling better and looking better.” – Mark Hughes, Founder, Herbalife
- “Wellness is about waking up every morning and having enough time, energy and freedom to live the life you want.” – Author Unknown
I have gathered these definitions to ensure that at least one way or another, we can be one in our definition of what it means when we talk about wellness.
My definition of wellness is somewhat similar but I would like to elaborate further.
Mental Wellness
It means you are healthy intellectually. You feed you mind with positive thoughts and take away negative ones. It includes reading good books and listening to speakers. Its taking time to attend personal development seminars and skill enhancement training programs. Making yourself grow intellectually will open up doors of opportunities and unending blessings if you only give an open mind about a lot of things in life.
Emotional Wellness
There are several studies conducted already that people who have positive outlook in life lives longer than those who are pessimistic about their situation. Being emotionally healthy means taking control of how you react to any situations in your life. We have different life situations, problems, and challenges in the past that we do not have any control. Being healthy emotionally is taking things as they are and always looking into the positive side of things.
Spiritual Wellness
Your spirituality also helps in your over-all well being. Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, what’s important is that we acknowledge that there is somebody above us who has helped us and guided us in our day to day life. It has been observed that those who have strong spiritual faith can easily cope with life’s difficulties and are positive about life in general.
Physical Wellness
This is the most obvious classification of becoming healthy. It means eating the right amount of healthy nutritious foods and exercise daily. It is the basic thing required by our body to sustain life. Taking good care of your physical health is a one step forward to becoming healthy.
In summary, wellness is an over- all emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health. It is a disciplined act of every aspect of life. Balance is the key to attaining optimum health. Hence, being healthy is not about money or getting the latest stuff to look cool. It simply means taking away the complications in life and putting things in the right perspective.
Good luck to becoming healthy!