133425TUX Mod: Dimensions of Wellness
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Write a 2-3 page reflective essay on your results. On a separate word document Make sure to include information on your current wellness level. Also comment on strategies that you currently use or may use in the future to improve your overall wellness.
Are You Balancing the 7 Dimensions of Wellness?
Wellness is a dynamic process of becoming aware of and making conscious choices toward a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. It includes learning new coping and communication skills that address both the positive and negative aspects of human existence. Over the past decade, we have come to realize that survival of the "SPECIES" requires more than fitness. The concept of wellness includes seven dimensions.
Dimensions of Wellness
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As part of my social wellness, in a bid to create and maintain healthy relationships, sometimes I can manage to communicate in an honest manner and directly to try and resolve conflicts in my relationships in a timely and healthy manner. In most of the cooperate relationships that I have, they are often based on equal give and take (University of California, 2013). Other than that I always treat every person with respect. More often than not, I use the economic resources to support the social responsible choices. As such, I often tend to maintain a strong mutual and independent social support system.
As part of physical fitness, in the last eight months I have always maintained my flexibility and strength exercises for my muscles as well as taking my 30 minutes of aerobics daily. By extension the amount of food intake is always well balanced with the kind of exercises that I take, which has led to the a healthy range of fat, where not more than 20% of the calories that I burn on the daily basis comes from the body fat. Sometimes I take some 15 minutes to participate in activities that lead to relaxation responses, as part of the stress management strategies. Although it has been hard, I often abstain from the use of addictive stimulants such as caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and drugs, whether at the counter or elicit. For the ultimate physical health, I always remain proactive in the avoiding injuries, and infections for various diseases and illnesses including the sexually transmitted diseases.
Emotionally it is often very hard to create and respond to my own feelings. I often have a problem with managing my behaviours that are related to the feelings which I often express, such as sadness, fear, anger, joy and hurt. Sometimes I accept and appreciate myself worth as a human being, although it is often hard assess my limitations as well coping with the stress and the ego in the most effective manner.
As part of the career choices, I have chosen a career that matches with my kind of li...