Wellness Dimensions

Health and wellness are important components to overall personal and professional success. Wellness is not merely the absence of illness or distress — wellness is striving for positive physical, mental and social well-being.

Wellness is an iterative and lifelong process consisting of making decisions and choices that support a more harmonious life.

In turn, striving for a harmony that is right for you and one that encompasses a variety of wellness dimensions enables you to maximize your potential and overall success. While physical health is an important component to overall wellness, there are several other dimensions that contribute to an individual’s well-being. Watch this short video on the 8 Dimensions of Wellness!

Explore the Wellness Dimensions

Emotional Wellness

Emotional wellness refers to the recognition, awareness, and acceptance of one’s own feelings and includes your thoughts, emotions, and ability to adapt to life's challenges. Learn more about Emotional Wellness

Environmental Wellness

Environmental wellness is the ability to recognize our own responsibility for the quality of the air, the water, the land that surrounds us, and the people that surround us. Learn more about Environmental Wellness

Financial Wellness

Financial wellness is the ability to feel satisfaction about your financial situation and to manage what we currently have in a responsible manner. Learn more about Financial Wellness

Intellectual Wellness

Intellectual wellness focuses on engaging oneself in activities, classes or experiences that challenge our thinking and knowledge about the world and our surroundings. Learn more about Intellectual Wellness

Occupational Wellness

Occupational wellness is the ability to receive personal fulfillment, purpose and satisfaction from our jobs or our chosen career fields while still maintaining a sense of balance in our lives. Learn more about Occupational Wellness

Physical Wellness

Physical wellness is the ability to maintain a healthy quality of life that allows us to get through our daily activities without undue fatigue or physical stress. Learn more about Physical Wellness

Social Wellness

Social wellness is the ability to relate to and connect with other people in our world. Learn more about Social Wellness

Spiritual Wellness

Spiritual wellness refers to our ability to develop congruency between our own values and actions. Learn more about Spiritual Wellness

Each dimension contributes to an individual’s overall well-being and quality of life, and each dimension can affect and overlap one other. At times, one may be more prominent than others, but neglect of any one dimension for any length of time can have adverse effects on an individual’s health and well-being.

References:https://www.cdc.gov/emotional-well-being/about/ and The Wheel of Wellness Counseling for Wellness: A Holistic Model for Treatment Planning: A Wellness Approach: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal