What is wellness?
Wellness is:
Wellness is:
Your wellness is more than just being physically healthy. It’s about focusing on all of you and striving to have the many areas of your life complement and interact with each other. These interconnected areas that comprise your holistic wellness are known as the Dimensions of Wellness. When you strive to be well within these dimensions, you become a more fulfilled, successful and resilient person. You begin to thrive!
Learning about each of the 7 Dimensions of Wellness can help you to start making healthier choices that are best for you. Explore each of the dimensions below and see what resources are available at NIU to help support your wellness.
Physical wellness involves engaging in practices that help your body function at optimal levels.
When you support your physical wellness, you are able to:
Occupational wellness involves choosing a career that is consistent with your values, interests and beliefs to enhance job satisfaction as well as being aware of and understanding your personal financial situation.
When you support your occupational wellness, you are able to:
Intellectual wellness is the pursuit of lifelong learning through formal education and informal life experiences to expand knowledge, improve skills and explore new interests.
When you support your intellectual wellness, you are able to:
Environmental wellness involves adopting lifestyle practices that actively help to create a safe, supportive and sustainable environment.
When you support your environmental wellness, you are able to:
Emotional wellness includes having awareness and acceptance of a wide range of feelings in yourself and others.
When you support your emotional wellness, you are able to:
Social wellness involves building supportive relationships, as well as relating to and connecting with others.
When you support your social wellness you are able to:
Spiritual wellness is the ongoing process of finding meaning, purpose and direction in your life.
When you support your spiritual wellness you are able to:
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