Physical Wellness
Physical Wellness is the ability to apply your knowledge, motivation, commitment, behavior, self management, attitude, and skills toward achieving your personal fitness and health goals. Physical wellness is more than just the absence of disease. The physical dimension of wellness is concerned with building a healthy, strong, and resilient body. Such a body receives proper nutrition, sleep, and activity while being protected from disease and injury. As a result, you are more physically fit and energetic, have a strong immune system, and are primed for longevity. Physical wellness is protective against the stress and demands encountered in graduate and professional school.
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Social Wellness
Social Wellness is having positive interactions with and enjoying being with others. It is recognizing the need for leisure and recreation and budgeting time for those activities. Social wellness includes showing respect for others, developing close friendships and intimacy, practicing empathy and effective listening, caring for others and for the common good, and allowing others to care for you. In a high stress academic environment social wellness may also refer to our ability to effectively live up to the expectations and demands of our other personal roles. Social connections can serve as a source of encouragement and reinforcement for practicing healthy behaviors.
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Emotional Wellness
Emotional Wellness is an ability to meet emotional needs constructively. It is maintaining good mental health, a positive attitude, high self-esteem, and a strong self-image. It is the ability to respond resiliently to emotional states and the flow of life every day. It is dealing with a variety of situations realistically and learning more about yourself and how things you do affect your feelings. It is taking responsibility for your own behavior and responding to challenges as opportunities. Emotional wellness implies an ability to cope with the stressors of graduate and professional school effectively and in a healthy way.
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Cultural Wellness
Cultural Wellness is being aware of one's own cultural background, as well as the diversity and richness present in other cultural backgrounds. It is striving to recognize, understand, and accept differences among people. Cultural wellness implies advocacy for and affirmation of cultural diversity including sexual orientation, religion, gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds, age groups, and disabilities, and appreciate the uniqueness of each culture. It is the integration of all of the cultures in your life including micro-cultures such as family, academics, work, and other affiliations. Traits of a culturally well individual include understanding the uniqueness and legitimacy of every culture, ability to effectively communicate to members of different cultures, and a willingness to learn about, interact with, and coexist with other cultures.
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Ethical Wellness
Ethical Wellness is understanding and living in accordance with your own personal values. It involves possessing a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that help give direction to one?s life. It is also concerned with student and professional ethics regarding academic honesty and integrity. An ethically well person will fairly assign credit to their learning and research.
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Intellectual Wellness
Intellectual Wellness is having a curiosity and strong desire to learn. The intellectual dimension of wellness encourages creative, stimulating mental activities. An intellectually well person uses the resources available to expand one's knowledge in improved skills along with expanding potential for sharing with others. An intellectually well person uses the intellectual and cultural activities in the classroom and beyond the classroom combined with the human resources and learning resources available within the university community and the larger community
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Financial Wellness
Financial Wellness includes the process of discovering and maintaining a balance between personal, social, and vocational goals in your life. It is having an understanding of your financial situation and taking care of it in such a way that you are prepared for financial changes. Maintaining that balance consists of being comfortable with where your money comes from and where it is going. It involves taking advantage of opportunities to learn money management skills that will enhance satisfaction and enjoyment in your life. It is the awareness of your own strengths and skills, in addition to the time and financial commitment necessary to pursue the lifestyle of your choice.
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Environmental Wellness
Environmental Wellness includes trying to live in harmony with the Earth by understanding the impact of your interaction with nature and your personal environment, and taking action to protect the world around you. It also involves protecting yourself from environmental hazards such as air pollution, ultraviolet radiation in the sunlight, chemicals, noise, water pollution and second-hand smoke. Environmental wellness also includes taking time to enjoy and appreciate the natural world.
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