What is Wellness
WHAT IS WELLNESS?
By Dr Pia Martin DC
Good Health is a Good Investment
Well.ness ( well’ness) n.
The pursuit of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
The degree to which an individual experiences health and vitality in any
dimension of their life. Overall wellness would be described as the sum of all life’s dimensions.
There are eight life dimensions to Wellness. They are Move Well, Eat Well, Think Well, Work Well, Love Well, Pray Well, Sleep Well and be Well Adjusted. One must make some effort in each of the dimensions every day to stay in balance. Easy? No way! But it is doable with a little effort. The key is consistency.
The body is like a Bank Account. You have to make greater deposits into your body’s bank account than withdrawals other wise you will eventually go bankrupt. Translation “ a chronic lifestyle disease “. What are good deposits? They are: Move Well, Eat Well, Think Well, Sleep Well, Love Well, Work Well, Pray Well, and be Well Adjusted. What are withdrawals? Withdrawals are energy, in the form of Physical Energy, Metabolic Energy, Cellular Respiration, Digestion, Liver Function, and Stress Responses etc. Physical energy is energy needed everyday to complete tasks without fatigue or stress on the system. Can you run after your toddler without having to catch your breath? Can you walk up that flight of stairs without having to pause at the top to recover? Can you come from work and take a brisk 45-minute walk without flopping down on the couch from fatigue? Metabolic energy is the energy needed to run your metabolism. These are things like heart rate, breathing etc. the body has to work even when it is at rest. Digestion and Liver Function are often heavily taxed by our modern day lifestyle. We are an overfed undernourished nation. Our diets often contain many processed and chemical laden foods and therefore our digestive systems and our Liver has to work overtime to rid the body of these toxins. So not only are we not providing the body the nutrients it’s needs we are adding a toxin tax (a large withdrawal) to the process. Stress can have many forms but the stress we most recognize is the Fight or Flight response. This is the increase in heart rate, shallow breathing, sweaty palms, dry mouth etc. The stress response for many of us is a big withdrawal from the Body’s Bank Account.
So you can see that you must make a GOOD deposit in order to have a healthy Bank Account. You can’t put in 99 cents and expect to take out a Dollar. An example would be the choice between a donut versus and apple. Not hard to see which one is a good deposit and will provide energy and nutrients and which one will take more out than it will put in to your account. So you have to ask yourself is this a deposit or a withdrawal? Will my action or thought take away more than it will help? The next question you have to ask yourself is do I have enough in reserve if an unexpected stressor comes into my life? Can the System (Bank Account) handle a big withdrawal or will I have to go into bankruptcy? If you Eat Well, Move Well, Think Well, Work Well, Love Well, Sleep well, Pray Well and get regular Spinal checks, your body can usually handle the unexpected without going into crisis mode. So if you have a surprise work deadline, or a child that gets into trouble at school or a husband that comes home with a bad cold, or a day with low self esteem… You get the picture; you will have enough in reserve to handle the payment.
Each month we will explore the eight dimensions of Wellness and provide you with information and tools to ensure you have a Healthy Body Account with a reserve for that unexpected bill.
Everyday ask yourself is this good deposit? If you make good choices the Body’s response is health, if not then you will put a strain on the system and eventually end up with symptoms and chronic problems.
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By Dr Pia Martin DC
Good Health is a Good Investment
Well.ness ( well’ness) n.
The pursuit of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
The degree to which an individual experiences health and vitality in any
dimension of their life. Overall wellness would be described as the sum of all life’s dimensions.
There are eight life dimensions to Wellness. They are Move Well, Eat Well, Think Well, Work Well, Love Well, Pray Well, Sleep Well and be Well Adjusted. One must make some effort in each of the dimensions every day to stay in balance. Easy? No way! But it is doable with a little effort. The key is consistency.
The body is like a Bank Account. You have to make greater deposits into your body’s bank account than withdrawals other wise you will eventually go bankrupt. Translation “ a chronic lifestyle disease “. What are good deposits? They are: Move Well, Eat Well, Think Well, Sleep Well, Love Well, Work Well, Pray Well, and be Well Adjusted. What are withdrawals? Withdrawals are energy, in the form of Physical Energy, Metabolic Energy, Cellular Respiration, Digestion, Liver Function, and Stress Responses etc. Physical energy is energy needed everyday to complete tasks without fatigue or stress on the system. Can you run after your toddler without having to catch your breath? Can you walk up that flight of stairs without having to pause at the top to recover? Can you come from work and take a brisk 45-minute walk without flopping down on the couch from fatigue? Metabolic energy is the energy needed to run your metabolism. These are things like heart rate, breathing etc. the body has to work even when it is at rest. Digestion and Liver Function are often heavily taxed by our modern day lifestyle. We are an overfed undernourished nation. Our diets often contain many processed and chemical laden foods and therefore our digestive systems and our Liver has to work overtime to rid the body of these toxins. So not only are we not providing the body the nutrients it’s needs we are adding a toxin tax (a large withdrawal) to the process. Stress can have many forms but the stress we most recognize is the Fight or Flight response. This is the increase in heart rate, shallow breathing, sweaty palms, dry mouth etc. The stress response for many of us is a big withdrawal from the Body’s Bank Account.
So you can see that you must make a GOOD deposit in order to have a healthy Bank Account. You can’t put in 99 cents and expect to take out a Dollar. An example would be the choice between a donut versus and apple. Not hard to see which one is a good deposit and will provide energy and nutrients and which one will take more out than it will put in to your account. So you have to ask yourself is this a deposit or a withdrawal? Will my action or thought take away more than it will help? The next question you have to ask yourself is do I have enough in reserve if an unexpected stressor comes into my life? Can the System (Bank Account) handle a big withdrawal or will I have to go into bankruptcy? If you Eat Well, Move Well, Think Well, Work Well, Love Well, Sleep well, Pray Well and get regular Spinal checks, your body can usually handle the unexpected without going into crisis mode. So if you have a surprise work deadline, or a child that gets into trouble at school or a husband that comes home with a bad cold, or a day with low self esteem… You get the picture; you will have enough in reserve to handle the payment.
Each month we will explore the eight dimensions of Wellness and provide you with information and tools to ensure you have a Healthy Body Account with a reserve for that unexpected bill.
Everyday ask yourself is this good deposit? If you make good choices the Body’s response is health, if not then you will put a strain on the system and eventually end up with symptoms and chronic problems.
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