Emotional Wellness

Emotional wellness inspires self-care, relaxation, stress reduction and the development of inner strength. It is important to be attentive to both positive and negative feelings and be able to understand how to handle these emotions. Emotional wellness also includes the ability to learn and grow from experiences. Emotional well-being encourages autonomy and proper decision making skills. It is an important part of overall wellness.

Importantance

Emotional wellness allows you to accept how you are feeling. Once you accept your feelings, you can begin to understand why you are feeling that way, and decide how you would like to act in response to those feelings. Being emotionally well grants you the power to express feelings without any constraints. In turn, you will be able to enjoy emotional expression and be capable of forming supportive and interdependent relationships with others.

Raod Map and Signs to Emotional Wellness 

In order to begin the route to emotional wellness you must always remember to be optimistic. Optimism allows you to greet all emotions—both positive and negative—with a confident attitude that allows you to learn from your mistakes. Once you have mastered emotional wellness, you will experience life a little differently. Your life will be more balanced and you will develop a deep sense of awareness. Below are some strategies for you to practice in order to boost your emotional wellness.

• Remind yourself to stay positive, always.Smile.
• Seek or accept help and support from others when needed.
• Employ gratitude to your life in order to strengthen relationships with family and friends.
• Practice being mindful and increase your awareness. This can be done through various forms of meditation.
• Accept mistakes and learn from them for next time. Mistakes are not terrible experiences; they are learning experiences.
• Balance your other dimensions of Wellness.
• Having the ability to talk with someone about your emotional concerns and share your feelings with others
• Saying "no" when you need to without feeling guilty
• Feeling content most of the time
• Feeling you have a strong support network i.e. people in your life that care about you
• Being able to relax
• Feeling good about who you are

Intellectual wellness

Intellectual wellness encourages us to engage in creative and mentally-stimulating activities. These activities should expand your knowledge and skills while allowing you to share your knowledge and skills with others. Intellectual wellness can be developed through academics, cultural involvement, community involvement and personal hobbies. As intellectual wellness develops, you are able to develop personal resources that work together with the other realms of wellness in order to be achieve a more balanced life.

Importance:

Intellectual wellness encourages learning. It is important to explore new ideas and understandings in order to become more mindful and better-rounded. Having an optimal level of intellectual wellness inspires exploration. Intellectual wellness also stimulates curiosity. Curiosity is important because it motivates you to try new things and develop an understanding of how you see the relationship between.

Route and Signs of  Intellectual Wellness

• Be open-minded.
• Listen. When you participate in active listening you are able to fully comprehend the information that is being given to you.
• Pick up a hobby. Hobbies are great ways to increase your skill set. They can also be fun!
• Travel. The best way to gain knowledge as well as an appreciation for another culture is to experience it yourself.
• Express your creative side by exploring different avenues of creativity and artistic expressions.
• Development of your own ideas, views, and opinions
• Exposing yourself to new ideas, people, and beliefs that are different from your own

• Development of good study skills and time management
• Ability to challenge yourself to see all sides of an issue
• Becoming a critical thinker
• Become aware of who you are and what you value

Occupational wellness

Occupational wellness inspires us to prepare for work in which we will gain personal satisfaction and find enrichment in our life. Your attitude about work is a crucial influence for occupational development. Occupational wellness allows you to explore various career options and encourages you to pursue the opportunities you enjoy the most. This dimension of wellness recognizes the importance of satisfaction, enrichment and meaning through work.

Importance

Developing occupational satisfaction will allow you to communicate your values through involvement in occupational activities that are gratifying for you. It is also important to identify workplace stress in order to practice conflict management. Conflict management is key to achieving an optimal level of occupational wellness. Choosing what your career will be is a very important life choice. Working takes up a majority of your time during the week, so the way you feel about your work contributes to your overall well-being.

When you embark on the route to occupational wellness, you will discover what occupational opportunities are out there and which opportunities suit you best. Maintaining occupational wellness allows you to develop unique skills and talents that are both personally and professionally rewarding. Below are some suggestions to begin your journey to occupational wellness. Reflect on yourself and your occupational needs. What occupational tasks do you enjoy? What occupational tasks do you find burdensome?

Road map & Signs to Occupational Wellness

• Doing work that you find motivating and interesting
• Explore both paid and un-paid work and volunteer opportunities that interest you.
• Set realistic career goals for yourself and constantly work towards accomplishing these goals.
• Understanding how to balance leisure with work
• Working in a way that fits into your personal learning style 
• Practice open communication and proper conflict management with your colleagues. and Communicating and collaborating with others
• Working independently and with others
• Feeling inspired and challenged 
• Feeling good at the end of the day about the work you accomplished 

Explore Occupational Wellness

• Don't settle, keep motivated to work towards what you want
• Increase your skills and knowledge to advance your occupational wellness goals 
• Find the benefits and positives in your current job 
• Create connections with your co-workers
• Avoid over working yourself, find a work/life balance 
• Enjoy what you do, do what you enjoy
• Write out your occupational goals and create a plan to reach them - then start working the plan 
• Talk to a career counselor if you feel do not know where you are.

Relational Welness

Wellness in the relational dimension is the ability to establish and maintain meaningful connections, networks, relationships, and interactions with other individuals, groups, and communities.  Relating well to others both within and outside of the family unit and fostering a genuine connection with those around us. This includes valuing the needs of others, providing support and encouragement, as well as recognizing and appropriately responding to social cues. Relational wellness includes, but is not limited to:

• Communication skills
• Capacity for connection/intimacy
• Managing interpersonal disputes
• Willingness to ask for help
• Ability to cultivate and maintain satisfying relationships
• Establishing a support network
• Caring for/encouraging others
• Being a strong team player or group partner
• Sharing appropriately
• Recognizing social cues/respectful behaviour

Foster your Relational Wellbeing:

• Join a club or organization
• Participate in study groups
• Make an effort to stay in touch with family, friends, and mentors
• Volunteer in the community
• Maintain balance between work and social time

Potential Benefits:

• Feeling of inclusion and worth
• Support during times of need
• Personal growth & confidence – becoming more comfortable with who you are
• Communication skills 
• Conflict management

Social Wellness

Social wellness refers to the relationships we have and how we interact with others. Our relationships can offer support during difficult times. Social wellness involves building healthy, nurturing and supportive relationships as well as fostering a genuine connection with those around you. Conscious actions are important in learning how to balance your social life with your academic and professional lives. Social wellness also includes balancing the unique needs of romantic relationships with other parts of your life.

Importantance

Maintaining an optimal level of social wellness allows you to build healthy relationships with others. Having a supportive social network allows you to develop assertive skills and become comfortable with who you are in social situations. Surrounding yourself with a positive social network increases your self-esteem. Social wellness enables you to create boundaries that encourage communication, trust and conflict management. Having good social wellness is critical to building emotional resilience.

Road map and Signs to Social Wellness

As you begin your route to social wellness, you will discover that you have the power to enhance your personal relationships. Maintaining social wellness allows you to practice empathy and active listening. There are many ways you can begin your journey on the route to social wellness. Below are some suggestions on how to enhance your social wellness. Reflect on yourself and your social needs. What aspects of your social life do you enjoy? What parts would you like to improve?

• Make an effort to keep in touch with supportive friends and family.
• Practice self-disclosure.and Remembering to have fun.
• Participate in group discussions and practice active listening.
• Join a club or organization.
• Development of assertiveness skills not passive or aggressive ones.
• Balancing social and personal time.
• The ability to be who you are in all situations.
• Becoming engaged with other people in your community.
• Valuing diversity and treat others with respect.
• Continually being able to maintain and develop friendships and social networks.
• The ability to create boundaries within relationship boundaries that encourage communication, trust and conflict management.

Financial Wellness

Financial Wellness involves the process of learning how to successfully manage financial expenses. Money plays a critical role in our lives and not having enough of it impacts health as well as academic performance. Financial stress is repeatedly found to be a common source of stress, anxiety and fear for college students. Keeping track of expenses, making a budget, and sticking to it are important skills to have in order to be finically responsible and independent. Learning how to maximize your financial wellness now will help you feel prepared to handle potentially stressful financial situations in the future.

Why is Financial Wellness Important?

Raod Map and Signs to Financial Wellness

Rest assured that you are not the only one in the process of learning how to manage finances more efficiently. There is an array of resources on and off campus as well as workshops and programs that can guide you toward money-managing success. Everyone’s financial situation is different, so it is up to you to select the proper mix of resources that work best according to your needs. The most important point to remember is that maximizing financial wellness is a process that does not occur immediately. Be proactive by seeking related resources and learning about money-managing strategies to build your financial wellness. Financial Wellness Tips:

Don’t put it off - identify and address any financial problems before they start.

• Keep organized records of your finances.
• Take advantage of discounts.
• Plan ahead and set budget goals.
• Balance your other dimensions of Wellness, they all tie in to financial wellness as well.
  
• Learning how to manage your money and establishing a personal budget.
• Not living beyond your means.
• Making a plan to pay back your loans.
• Learning about debt and how to manage it. 
• Building good credit. 
• Thinking long term, e.g. set up a savings account.
• Learning not to let money be the driving force of your life.
• Donating some of your money, if possible, to a cause you believe in.