Health and Wellness

When I think of health and wellness I think of a variety of things that I should be doing to take care of me physically, mentally and spiritually.  Physically being healthy means staying active.  Being part of teams and accomplishing personal goals keeps my body strong and hopefully gives me the ability to do and experience more in life. Making exercising a priority can help prolong a person's life and make them feel energetic about life! Not only should a person be active but a person should make conscious decisions about the food they fuel their bod with.  We are constantly bombarded with so many warnings about pesticides, trans fats, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc... that we as consumers need to be aware of our "wellness" and eat nutritious food in moderation. Having the body we "dream about" is not always easy but it is attainable and when we have this body--usually people are more confident therefore leading into my next point.

Being mentally healthy and well means to me to feed your mind with education.  Don't be ignorant or chose to make bad decisions knowingly.  Use religion, spirituality to think, meditate and take time to analyze your life and what is stressing you out.  I often see commercials for Kaiser Permanente www.kp.org which show people doing all kinds of fun things that demonstrate health and wellness.  Often times people focus on just the physical beings but we must often also look inside a person. Sometimes the most fit of person may me dying inside from an unhealthy relationship, for example.  So being able to surround yourself with good people who raise you up and who make you laugh is also very key to a healthy lifestyle.