Wellness: Optimal LIving

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Occupational Wellness

Are you happy in your job? If you are older, are you retired or still actively working? How we feel about our work is important for our health at any age. According to Dr. Bill Hettler in The Six Dimensions of Wellness, “the Occupational Dimension recognizes personal satisfaction and enrichment in one’s life through work.” Our work development is related to our attitude about our work.  Work should be both personally meaningful and rewarding as we work the majority of each week.  According to The Six Dimensions of Wellness, it is better to choose a career which is consistent with our personal values, interests, and beliefs than to select one that is unrewarding to us. It is better to develop functional, transferable skills than to remain inactive and uninvolved and this is true of any age.  However, that isn’t always possible. Continue Reading

The Wellness Lifeline Beginning

Wellness has certainly grown through the years. Even before I knew that “wellness” had a name, I practiced many of its ideas. I have been a member of the National Wellness Institute (NWI) for over 30 years and remember when everyone was just trying to figure out what this “wellness” thing was. I worked in a corporate setting as their wellness “guru” as they didn’t know what title to give me. Continue Reading