1. Your Health and wellness
Chapter 1 Lesson 1
Your Health and wellness

2. Being Healthy Good health involves every part of your life
Health – combination of Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Social Well being
Mental/Emotional – deals with your emotions such as, joy, fear, love

3. Physical Health
Maintaining physical health involves taking care of your body
Eat well balanced meals
Stay fit through regular exercise
Get at least eight hours sleep
Keep body, teeth and hair clean
Have regular medical and dental checkups
Avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs

4. Mental/Emotional Health
Maintaining mental and emotional health means taking care of your mind
Face problems with a positive and realistic attitude
Set priorities, so you won’t be overwhelmed with responsibilities
See mistakes as opportunity to learn, grow and change

5. Mental/Emotional Health
Recognize weak areas and try to improve them
Develop effective decision-making skills
Use your talents effectively
Accept responsibility for your actions
Stand up for your beliefs and values
Remain open to learning new information

6. Social Health Taking care of the way you get along with other people
Have a friendly, open attitude toward other people
Learn to communicate effectively
Be loyal and truthful
Honor others’ feelings
Learn to disagree w/o arguing
Respect others’ property

7. Staying in Balance
You must give attention to all three sides of the health triangle to maintain total health
SEE OVERHEAD (HEALTH TRIANGLE)

8. What is Wellness
An overall state of well-being involving regular behaviors that have a positive result over time
Health is like a picture – How you are doing physically , mentally/emotionally and socially at a particular moment

9. What is Wellness
Wellness is like a film that shows how these aspects of health interact over a period of time
The choices about health that you make every moment become part of your long-term level of wellness

10. What does it mean to have a high level of wellness
The decisions you make now can help you maintain or achieve that goal throughout your life