The Wellness Wheel

Wellness means different things to different people but we know that wellness, with all its various components, is important for everyone.

What is a working definition of Wellness?

It encompasses the active, lifelong process of educating ourselves and making life choices that will lead to optimal health and a more successful and balanced existence.

Wellness is multi-dimensional and is based on the premise that our minds, bodies, spirits, and our sense of community, are all important and interrelated.

The Wellness Wheel offers an integrated overview of human life. It encourages the development of a harmonious balance of life components that result in overall well-being.

The six components of the Wellness Wheel are: Physical, Emotional, Occupational, Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual.

When we focus an inordinate amount of time on one area, and neglect other areas, our lives are out of balance. For example, this can often happen with the Occupational area. Some people spend so much time at their jobs, that they have little time for anything else. The other areas of their life suffer.

If you're a new business owner, perhaps you have to invest this time in the start-up phase. But, if it's been a few years and you still don't "have a life", it's time to re-evaluate your business game-plan. Other areas of your life may be suffering from neglect. And you are suffering along with them.

As the Dalai Lama once said, "I believe both external things and internal development are important, and must be developed side by side so as to achieve a good balance between them. "

The next six postings will each cover a component of the Wellness Wheel. As a Wellness Coach, I strongly believe that, in order to be truly happy with our lives, we must strive for success in all of these areas.

If you would like a transcript of the Dalai Lama's recent talk in Vancouver, BC, please e-mail me at bsinclaircoaching@hotmail.com and I will be happy to send it to you in an attached Word document.

As always, I just know that you can Get Your Body Back...and achieve a life of balance!

Yours, in wisdom and health, Billie