What's the definition
of wellness?
Very simply, "wellness" means a
state that combines health and happiness. It usually
includes physical, mental and spiritual health.
This site mainly focuses on the physical
aspect of improving health, but the mental and spiritual
factors are key to total wellness and a feeling of well-being.
In my mission to improve my health and energy level, my
attitude has been a vital aspect in achieving my goals.
The opposite of wellness is illness.
So the definition of wellness would include the condition
of no or little illness. Of course, there are different
degrees of this.
I like to look at it as a scale, with
illness at the bottom and wellness at the top. Like this:
Health and Wellness Scale
Where are you on this scale? We definitely
change position from day-to-day, but take a good look and
see where you feel you are overall on the "health and wellness
scale."
Are you sick, tired or almost dead most
of the time? Jumping up and down with vitality, aliveness
and energy often? Or somewhere in between?
This is the one of the first
things you can do to improve your health and energy
– find out where you are now. Even
if you don't think you’re a “spring chicken”
or you have a chronic illness, you can always improve your
condition, even a little. This is a tool for YOU.
That's exactly what I did. I just took
a good look at how I really felt physically. Jeez. I'd been
so busy thinking about how much I wanted to be better that
I'd lost sight of where I was. And because of that, I wasn't
able to do a damn thing about it.
So take time and look at where you are
right now on the scale of wellness. Don't worry about where
you'd like to be for the time being. We start on
the road to improvement by taking the next realistic step
from where we are today.
I think most people only look at where
they want to be and tend to give up easily when they don't
get there tomorrow. When you identify where you are now,
then you'll be in a position to take the next realistic
step towards improvement.
One of the things that I keep striving
to keep in mind is that I need to focus on the little
improvements and pat myself on the back for achieving those
"little" goals - and then go on to the next step.
Getting all wound up because I haven't reached some huge
goal in just a week or something is pretty silly!
I know you can do that too.
"Defeat
only occurs the day you make the decision to stop
trying."
-Dr. Ken Evoy |
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