WELLNESS

Wellness is an ongoing lifestyle which requires taking responsibility and making healthy choices. Let's work together in taking the next steps to free yourself up to all of lifes possibilities. Setting goals in areas of your life is a starting point.

 

 

We promote individual well-being through balance in the following areas. Please click on links to discover more.


Social Interpersonal

Occupational

Cultural

Physical

Spiritual

Emotional

Intellctual

Life Planning

Nutritional

Environmental

Social Interpersonal
“Social interpersonal wellness is one who has and maintains satisfying relationships, practices good communications skills, cultivates a support networks of caring friends and family members, enjoys the friendship of diverse backgrounds and ethnic origins, participates in service projects and demonstrates concern for others, can appreciate lifestyles and opinions which may be different than one’s own, volunteers in the community, becomes involved in student organizations and opportunities handles conflicts well.”

Center for Health and Well Being
University of Vermont

www.uvm.edu

Occupational
“Occupational wellness entails the ability to integrate skills, interests, and values, which will heighten job satisfaction. It begins early in one’s experience as an individual continually evaluates interest, goals, and attitudes. The result is an ability to identify a well work environment. A well work environment is one that is safe, supportive, and encourages personal growth.”

Center for Health and Well Being
University of Vermont

www.uvm.edu

Cultural
“Cultural wellness is being aware of your own cultural background as well as the diversity of and richness present in other cultural backgrounds. It involves interacting well with people of both genders, and people of all backgrounds, lifestyles, abilities, ethnicities, and ages.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico

www.csuchico.edu

Physical
“Physical wellness is the ability to apply your knowledge, motivation, commitment, behavior, self-management, attitude, and skills toward achieving personal fitness and health goals. Balancing nutritional practices, getting regular exercise and adequate sleep, and paying attention to the warning signs and symptoms of your body are all important to physical wellness.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico

www.csuchico.edu


Spiritual
“Spiritual wellness is about finding your place in the universe – the quest for meaning, value and purpose resulting in hope, joy, courage, and gratitude. Spiritual wellness is the evaluation of personal beliefs.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico

www.csuchico.edu

Emotional
”Emotional wellness is striving to meet emotional needs constructively. It is maintaining good mental health, a positive attitude, high self esteem, and strong self image. It is the ability to respond resiliently to emotional states and the flow of life’s events. It is dealing with a variety of situations realistically and learning more about yourself and how things you do affect your feelings. It is taking responsibility for your own behavior and responding to challenges and opportunities.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico

www.csuchico.edu

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Intellectual
”Intellectual wellness is having a curiosity and strong desire to learn. It is valuing many experiences, staying stimulated with new ideas, and sharing. It is responding to challenges and opportunities to grow making plans, developing strategies, and solving problems. It is the ability to engage in clear thinking and recall, and to think independently, creatively, and critically.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico

www.csuchico.edu

Nutritional
”Nutrition is a way to take care of yourself – preparing or selecting foods that nourish you. Rather than another dimension of your life that you need to ‘control’, think of eating as another way to express your priorities: maintaining health, spending time with friends and family, staying connected to cultural traditions, taking care of yourself.”

Stanford University, Graduate Women’s Wellness Network
http://wellness.stanford.edu/nutrition



Life Planning
Life Planning Life planning wellness includes the process of discovering and maintaining a balance between personal, social, and vocational goals. It involves taking advantage of opportunities to learn skills that will enhance satisfaction and enjoyment in your life. It is the awareness of your own strengths and skills in addition to the time and financial commitment necessary to pursue the lifestyle of your choice.”
Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State University at Chico
www.csuchico.edu




Environmental
“Environmental awareness is an awareness of the precarious state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment. It is maintaining a way of life that maximizes harmony with the earth and minimizes harm to the environment. It includes being involved in socially responsible activities to protect the environment.”

Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center
California State Unive
rsity at Chico
www.csuchico.edu

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