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Are You Balancing the 7 Dimensions of Wellness?

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Survival of the "SPECIES" requires more than fitness! The UWSP-HPW academic model includes the dimensions of Social, Physical, Emotional, Career, Intellectual, Environmental and Spiritual Wellness.

Assess your overall wellness now. Click the choice that best reflects your current behavior. When finished be sure to hit submit to get a print out of your assessment results. Although this is not a scientific health risk assessment, SPECIES - 7 Dimensional Wellness Assessment, will help you become more aware of your current level of overall wellness and what changes, if any, you might want to make. We hope this assessment helps you take action on changing your life and that you return frequently to evaluate you progress.

Social wellness is the process of creating and maintaining healthy relationships.

Never Often Always
  • I communicate honestly and directly. I resolve conflict in a healthy, timely manner.
  • I give and take equally in cooperative relationships.
  • I treat every person with respect.
  • I use my economic resources to support social responsible choices.
  • I maintain a strong mutual, interdependent social support system.

Physical wellness is the process of having a flexible, aerobically fit body.

Never Often Always
  • I maintain an equivalent mix of moderate to vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise for at least 30 minutes 5 times/week and muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days a week that engage all muscle groups.
  • I select healthy food and water while balancing the amount of food I eat with the amount of exercise. My body fat (BMI) is in a healthy range for my age and I eat foods low in saturated fats, trans-fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars.
  • I manage stress and do some activity that elicits the “relaxation response” for at least 15-30 min/day.
  • I abstain from addictions including caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and drugs both over-the counter (OTC) and illicit.
  • I take proactive steps to avoid and prevent injury, illness, and disease (including adequate sleep, seat belt and helmet use, updating vaccinations, use of family planning and responsible use of contraceptives to decrease sexually transmitted diseases).

Emotional wellness is the process of creating and maintaining a positive realistic self concept and enthusiasm about life.

Never Often Always
  • I recognize that I create my own feelings and am responsible for them and actively seek cultivating optimism.
  • I can express all ranges of feelings including hurt, sadness, fear, anger and joy and manage related behaviors in a healthy way.
  • I accept and appreciate my worth as a human being and am free of depression and self-esteem issues.
  • I understand bad things happen in life and avoid blaming other people or situations for my current feelings and behaviors.
  • I can realistically assess my limitations and cope effectively with stress and ego.

Career wellness is the process of making and maintaining choices that are meaningful and contributes to your personal growth as well as work.

Never Often Always
  • I have chosen a job role that I enjoy and that matches my values and lifestyle.
  • I have developed marketable job skills and keep them current.
  • I balance work with play and other aspects of my life.
  • I earn enough money to meet my needs and save to provide economic stability for myself and/or family.
  • My work benefits other individuals and society.

Intellectual wellness is the process of using your mind to create a greater understanding of yourself and the universe.

Never Often Always
  • I view learning as a lifelong process and question my views & change them in accordance with new information.
  • I listen to ideas different from my own and constantly re-examine my judgments on social, cultural, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, race, disability, national origin, ethical, and political issues.
  • I take risks, learn from my mistakes and question authority.
  • I appreciate and explore the creative arts of literature, theatre, dance, music and expressive art.
  • I seek opportunities that challenge my critical thinking skills.

Environmental wellness is the process of making choices to create sustainable human and ecological communities, improving qualities in air, water, land and space.

Never Often Always
  • I am moving toward limiting my acquisitions to those that contribute to sustainability.
  • I eat low on the food chain and minimize eating products that require a disportionately high cost to deliver.
  • I live with the awareness of wholeness and the interconnectedness of all living systems.
  • I take personal and social responsibility for creating sustainable communities with chemically free air, water and soil.
  • I recognize my impact on the environment and take deliberate action to minimize my impact, including responsible population control.

Spiritual wellness is the process of "experiencing life" while seeking meaning and purpose in human existence. Spirituality allows one to have consistency between values and behaviors.

Never Often Always
  • I have a deep appreciation for the depth of life, death and understanding universal human connection or consciousness.
  • I recognize that there are many spiritual paths and that every spiritual tradition recognizes and teaches basic precepts or laws of wise and conscious human conduct while seeking qualities of altruism, optimism, hope and forgiveness.
  • I integrate my "spiritual practice" within everyday life of work, family and relationships.
  • I appreciate the individual uniqueness, diversity and need for connectedness among all people.
  • I have a consistency between my beliefs, values and behaviors.