Wellness is an expanded idea of health and means more than absence from disease. True wellness is determined by the decisions you make about how to live your life with vitality and meaning. There are six interactive dimensions of wellness that continually influence one another.

Physical Wellness....

Physical wellness involves taking responsibility and care for minor illness and also knowing when professional medical attention is necessary.  Physical wellness includes being able to monitor one's own vital signs whether perceived or measured.  Physical wellness entails an understanding of the relationship between sound nutrition and the functioning of the body.  Included in physical wellness is an awareness of the body's true identity, depth of feelings, tension patterns, reactions, balance and harmony.  The body is recognized as a formal expression of physiological development and personal evolution.

Social Wellness....

A socially well person contributes to one's human and physical environment for the common welfare of one's community.  He/she takes an active role in promoting a healthy living environment, encourages effective communication among community members, and seeks to preserve the beauty and balance of nature.  A person experiencing social wellness is living in harmony with his/her fellow human beings, seeking positive, interdependent relationships with others, and developing healthy sexual behaviors.  A socially well person works for mutual respect and cooperation among the individuals within a community.

Spiritual Wellness....

A person engaged in the process of spiritual wellness is willing and able to transcend oneself in order to question the meaning and purpose in his/her life and the lives of others.  He/she is involved in the process of questioning all that is around him/her and has an appreciation for that which cannot be completely understood.  This person seeks to find harmony between that which lies within and the social and physical forces that come from outside.  Feelings of doubt, despair, fear, disappointment and dislocation as well as feelings of pleasure, joy, eagerness and discovery are part of this search for a universal value system.

Environmental Wellness....

An environmentally well person has an appreciation of the external environment. He/she will work to preserve, protect and improve the environmental conditions.

Emotional Wellness....

An emotionally well person is both aware of and accepts a wide range of feelings in him/herself and others.  He/she is able to freely express feelings and to manage feelings effectively to arrive at personal choices/decisions based upon the integration of feelings, cognition and behavior.  He/she is self-aware and self-accepting while remaining flexible and continually open to personal development.

Intellectual Wellness....

Intellectual wellness is evidenced by self-directed behavior, which includes continuous acquisition, development, creative application, and articulation of critical thinking and expressive/intuitive skills and abilities focused on the achievement of a more satisfying existence. Intellectual wellness is also evidenced by a demonstrated commitment to life long learning.