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We often only think about our health and wellness when they are compromised and tend to think that if we are not ill, then we are well.  However, wellness is not merely the absence of suffering or illness, but the personal, meaningful, and intentional striving for positive well-being.  Just as there are varying degrees to illness, the same is true for wellness. Wellness is never a static state, but an ongoing process and commitment of nourishing our dynamic selves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wellness Wheel encourages us to acknowledge that we are much more than we often reduce ourselves down to be \u2013 we are whole, complex, and multifaceted human beings! When first exploring ourselves through the lens of the Wellness Wheel, it is quite normal to realize you are more conscious of some areas than others, to have differing levels of wellness or illness in each area, for distress in one area to bleed over into others, and for well-being in each area to fluctuate due to changing circumstances or different seasons of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Wellness Wheel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A visual representation of the different dimensions that are encompassed in holistic health and well-being. These dimensions are: Mental and Emotional Wellness, Physical Wellness, Social and Cultural Wellness, Sexual Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Occupational Wellness, Financial Wellness, and Environmental Wellness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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