1. Your Total Health
What is Health?

2. What is Health
Health is a combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well being.
Physical health involves the condition of your body
Mental/Emotional health involves your thoughts and emotions.
Emotions are feelings such as love, joy and fear.
Social health involves the ways in which you relate to other people.

3. Your Physical Health Taking care of your body by
Eating a well balanced diet
Exercising regularly
Sleeping eight hours each night
Keeping your body, teeth and hair clean
Regular medical and dental check ups
Avoiding Tobacco, alcohol and drugs.

4. Your Mental/Emotional Health
Ways to stay Mentally and emotionally healthy
Facing problems with a positive and realistic attitude
Expressing your feelings clearly and calmly to others
Setting priorities
See mistakes as opportunities for improvement
Recognize and try to improve your weak areas

5. Your Mental/Emotional Health
Ways to stay Mentally and emotionally healthy
Develop effective decision making skills
Use your talents effectively
Accept responsibilities for your actions
Stand up for your beliefs and values
Be open to learning new information

6. Your Social Health
Taking care of the ways you get along with others by:
Keep a friendly open attitude toward others.
Communicate effectively
Respect and care for family members
Being a loyal, truthful, and dependable friend.

7. Your Social Health
Taking care of the ways you get along with others by:
Honoring other peoples feelings
Respecting others property
Learn to disagree without arguing
Learn to resolve conflicts
Giving support and help when needed.

8. Keeping it all in balance
The Health Triangle
Give attention to all three aspects of your health.
Keeping all three parts in balance will lead to wellness
Physical
Social
Mental/Emotional

9. What is Wellness
Wellness is a state of well-being or balanced health over a long period of time.

10. Relating Health and Wellness
Health is how you are doing at a specific point in time.
Wellness is how the three parts of health interact over a long period of time.

11. The Mind-Body Connection
The mind-body connection describes how your emotions affect your physical and overall health and how your overall health affects your emotions.