Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Wellness

Elements

- Social
- Physical
- Mental
- Spiritual
- Intellectual
- Emotional
- Financial

Holistic Lifestyle Questionnaire

Physical: 96.00
Sexuality: 96.00
Nutrition: 72.00
Emotional: 92.00
Self Care: 92.00
Intellectual: 68.00
Safety: 100.00
Occupational: 100.00
Environment: 84.00
Spirituality: 88.00


Overall Composite Score: 888.00

1. Prior to this exercise have you ever thought about your wellness? Which areas?

Prior to this exercises I have thought about my wellness. I have mostly thought about physical wellness because there is so much pressure about body image and so much pressure from my swim coach about getting in shape. I have also thought about nutrition because, after a talk from a nutritionist at the beginning of the year, I have come to realize that good nutrition is a key to success in any sport.

2. Which are your area(s) of greatest wellness and why do you think this is so?

My two highest scores are Occupational and Safety. I think that safety makes sense because I like to think of myself as a fairly safe person. If the Occupational one is about setting goals and trying to achieve them then, I understand why this is my highest. I am good at setting goals and meeting them. If I set a goals that I am determined to do, I will finish it, unless there is something that I can't control. I guess I understand both of my top two things.

3. Which is your area(s) of poorest level of wellness? Why to you think this is the case?

My poorest two levels of wellness and my Intellectual and Nutrition. My nutrition isn't that bad, it's just that I eat fatty foods and foods that are full of carbs everyday because I need the energy for my swimming. My intellectual level is really low and I don't really understand that because I get straight As and I think that I'm pretty smart. (Modest I know...) I don't understand my intellectual level but I understand why my nutrition level is so low.

4. That do you think you would need to do to make you results ideal?

To my my result ideal, I need to improve on my nutrition and only eat the fattier foods when I have to or as a treat. I also need to try and eat more fruits and vegetables in the winter and fall. I could also work on my environment and spirituality levels to improve my score.

Social Wellness

- Strong relationships with family and friends
- Able to resolve conflict between others
- Able to follow societies laws
- Do not actively exclude others

Physical Wellness

- Good diet
- Physical Excersise
- Proper rest

Spiritual

- Sense of purpose
- Genuine comfort with self and others
- Ability to show grtitude and generosity
- Life is more than the accumulation of material goods

Mental / Psychological

- Free of mental illness
- Able to cope with the stress in life
- Able to handle emotions
- Having a positive attitude
- Able to reason and solve social problems

Intellectual

- Actively seek and find mental challenges
- Able to find help when faced wioth intellectual problems
- Look for opportunities for intellectual growth
- Understand different aspects of intelligence

Emotional

- Have support of others in ones life
- Able to understand your emotion reactions to situations
- Able to provide emotional support to others
- Not afraid of your emotional responses