The 5 elements of well-being are:
- Positive Emotion - the pleasant life.
- Engagement - flow.
- Meaning - found in serving something bigger than self.
- Positive Relationships - other people are the best antidote of the downs of life and the single most reliable up.
- Accomplishment - subjective achievement.
Personal well-being is not the same for everyone. What are your 5 elements of well-being?
I guess I really put well-being into four categories: relationships, health, finances, and general. But all of them really boil down to your first category, Positive Emotion, because the reason we want to have good health, finances, and relationships is so we feel good. :)
ReplyDeleteActually, I like your five categories very much. I see engagement and flow as analogous to financial wellbeing, because if you have energy and engagement flowing, it's more likely that your finances are healthy and flowing, too.
Positive relationships are absolutely vital. I've had many ups and downs through the years, and relationships can either bring you up or drag you down, so it's important to make them positive or move on if you can't.
Meaning and accomplishment - these are two awesome categories, because we all feel better when our lives have meaning. When we accomplish the things we want to do, we feel better about ourselves and we're in alignment with our own values.
Great "food" for thought - very fitting for a blog about weight loss.
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What about: Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give?
ReplyDelete•Freedom – From control or manipulation, by other people or by parts of oneself (e.g., thoughts or ‘voices’ in your head that judge, criticize or yell at you).
ReplyDelete•Physical Health – Healthy sleep, exercise, nutrition; freedom from illness and disease, or, if present, they have the least possible negative effects.
•Comfortable in Your Body – Feeling safe with the experience of being in your body, whatever happens to be going on with it (which is not the same as being physically healthy).
•Relatedness, Belonging, and Community – Including caring for others
•Competence and Effectiveness – Being good at things that are important to you. Based on your unique abilities and potentials, being effective in the world (e.g., relationships, work) and with yourself (e.g., managing your emotions).
•Playfulness and Humor
•Moral and Ethical Thoughts and Behavior – It’s not just about being good, but reducing conflicts and bringing greater freedom, effectiveness and enjoyment to yourself and your relationships.
•Part of Something Bigger – Including spirituality or religion, connection with nature, serving others.
In my opinion well-being is composed of five quadrants: the physical, the mental, the emotional, the financial, and the spiritual.
ReplyDeleteThe physical component of well-being includes physical health, athleticism, and vigor.
The mental includes being educated about a broad range of topics as well as a mastery in one specific discipline. Regular intellectual stimulation, discipline, and focus are also included.
The emotional aspect involves being in control of one’s emotions, social connectedness (which includes friendships, family, and romantic/sexual relationships) and a healthy, positive outlook on life, unburdened by persistent anxiety, melancholy, or low self-confidence.
The financial aspect includes the ability to support yourself financially, independent of others, and with enough cash flow to support yourself comfortably.
Well-being is a state that changes depending on what is going on in your life, your experiences and your perception of those experiences. Having good mental well-being means that you feel you have the resilience and ability to cope when times get rough.
ReplyDeleteWellbeing means different things to different people. Security, family, love, friends, well paid job, interesting hobby, and general health are my elements of wellbeing.
ReplyDeleteMoney, sex, and power. I agree with what you wrote about long-term satisfaction in goals with deeper meaning but the reality is that money, sex, and power are the three fundamental pillars of our society. Money can buy sex, while people use sex to get money. Power attracts money, and money creates power. People want to become rich so that they get power and sex.
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