Behavioral Health & Wellness

 Wellness


Promoting the wellness of the workforce as a whole by identifying opportunities to improve
well-being (decreasing stress, increasing morale, etc) and responding with best-fit interventions

 

 

 

 


Wellness is an active process of examining options, making choices, and taking actions in the pursuit of being a better person and living a better life through the optimal balance of—and synergistic relationship between—multiple overlapping and interconnected life domains, such as intellectual engagement, trusting and supportive relationships, satisfying work and leisure, financial security, a safe and comfortable living environment, a healthy body, happiness, and a sense of purpose and meaning. The above Venn Diagram features a conceptual model with clickable links of these eight life domains. To learn more about wellness and this Wellness Model, click here.


Intellectual Well-Being

Expanding knowledge and improving skills through curiosity and an openness to new ideas and experiences, critical thinking and problem solving, engaging in creativity, and seeking mentally stimulating challenges in the pursuit of lifelong learning. To learn more about Intellectual Well-Being, click here.


Existential/Spiritual Well-Being

Developing and pursuing a sense of purpose and meaning in life that is consistent with a personally held belief system of morals, values, and ethics. To learn more about Existential Well-Being, click here.


Emotional Well-Being

Developing high self-esteem through introspective self-awareness and compassionate self-acceptance, resilience to stress and adversity, and the effective management and constructive expression of a wide range of feelings. To learn more about Emotional Well-Being, click here.


Financial Well-Being

Managing personal assets and liabilities through appropriate budgeting, investing, and spending to ensure the means for a comfortable existence for oneself and dependents in both the short- and long-term. To learn more about Financial Well-Being, click here.


Occupational & Recreational Well-Being

Earning acceptable financial compensation and benefits for a work-life balance of activities that are satisfying and meaningful, contribute to personal growth, and directly or indirectly have a positive impact on others. To learn more about Occupational Well-Being, click here.


Environmental Well-Being

Enjoying safe, secure, and comfortable immediate surroundings that provide for reasonable access to desirable amenities within the greater contexts of community, culture, and nature. To learn more about Environmental Well-Being, click here.


Social Well-Being

Developing and maintaining mutually beneficial interpersonal relationships generally involving some level of care and concern for one another, some form of effective communication, and some sense of trust in one another. To learn more about Social Well-Being, click here.


Physical Well-Being

Improving the health of, and preventing and treating injuries and illnesses to, the human body in an effort to facilitate optimal functioning and longevity. To learn more about Physical Well-Being, click here.