Wellness Defined

Posted by Laura Colucci on June 07, 2019

What does Wellness mean to you?

It is defined in many different ways and its ultimately about what works for you. No rules, just finding what provides your optimal well being.

The second Saturday of June is Global Wellness Day. Global Wellness Day is an entirely not-for-profit day, a social project dedicated to living well. The purpose of Global Wellness Day is to ask the question, even if for just one day, “How can I live a healthier and better life?”, to direct the thoughts of both individuals and society towards “living well” and to raise awareness.

The main aims of Global Wellness Day are:

To recognize the value of our lives
To pause and think, even if for just one day of the year
To be free from the stress of everyday city life and bad habits
To make peace with ourselves
To raise awareness about living well and increase motivation, not just for today, but for the remaining 364 days of the year

Global Wellness Day provides a comprehensive definition of Wellness.

Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life. It is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth. A good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare.

“Wellness is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” – The World Health Organization.

According to several studies, the most common health problem in the world is depression. This problem is often manifested in the form of insomnia, stress, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, and heart disease, etc.

Irrespective of a person’s age, size, shape or perceived attractiveness, it is wellness that is the cornerstone of quality of life. It determines how we ultimately look, feel, interact with others and thrive in life and work.

Wellness is the conscious development of the whole self. Embarking on a wellness journey is a process of searching for the appropriate “tools” to make you a healthier and happier human being, plus discovering your own effective methods to use these “tools” for continued growth and development.

As there is a great variety on all aspects of life, there are also countless ways to cultivate yourself on an ever-changing path of wellness.

It is important to see that all of the various concepts of wellness should include at least the following precepts:

Holism – your health and well-being are the outcomes of the constant interaction between the several natural dimensions of life and wellness. Each dimension is interrelated with the others. The aim is to be conscious of your self as a whole and complete person, living life as fully as possible.

Balance – while acknowledging the constantly changing nature of your life, you look to balance it by giving significant attention to each of the dimensions. Lack of sufficient attention to any one dimension will result in less-than-optimal development as a person, and may possibly lead to chronic unhappiness.

Self-Responsibility – a well person owns up to his or her responsibility for health and happiness and does not allow others to take control over decisions he/she needs to make for him/herself. Self-responsibility presupposes self-awareness, including the process by which one becomes increasingly more aware of both the causes and consequences of his/her behavior.

Positive and Proactive – wellness requires primarily positive perspectives and values by which to live. It also requires a strong sense of purpose and conscious, deliberate action. These are our starting assumptions, and they have stood well through time. However, they provide merely a simple framework. What you put inside that framework is totally up to you.

The National Wellness.org defines wellness as: "Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence."

Madeleine Spencer from MadeleineLoves.com writes in the Huffington Post defining wellness as "I personally consider it to mean constructing a life that tends to my emotional, mental, and physical health."

At Spritz Wellness, founder Laura Colucci believes Wellness is about finding your own personal balance of healthy eating, exercise, mindfulness, healthy relationships and self care. Aromatherapy is a contributor to wellness creating a holistic relaxing or uplifting environment through the use of all natural Atmosphere Mists

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