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# Discussion ## WHAT IS WELLNESS? Wellness is a broad concept. In this guide, we attempt to provide a broad, yet specific sense of what it means. We invite you to think of wellness as meaning being healthy in many dimensions of our lives. That includes the emotional, physical, occupational, intell...

# Discussion ## WHAT IS WELLNESS? Wellness is a broad concept. In this guide, we attempt to provide a broad, yet specific sense of what it means. We invite you to think of wellness as meaning being healthy in many dimensions of our lives. That includes the emotional, physical, occupational, intellectual, financial, social, environmental, and spiritual parts. These dimensions are interconnected, one dimension building on another. We also recognize that we live in a multicultural world, and wellness encompasses areas that may not be specified in this brief discussion. We believe, for example, that trauma is a universal human experience, and that our culture and spiritual beliefs impact our perceptions and everything we do. In summary, wellness is about how we live our lives and the joy and fulfillment and health we experience. A diagram illustrating the eight dimensions of wellness is included below. **Eight Dimensions of Wellness** ``` EMOTIONAL / \ / \ / \ / \ SOCIAL ------- SPIRITUAL | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATIONAL | | / \ | |/ \| INTELLECTUAL ------- PHYSICAL | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL ------- ENVIRONMENTAL ```