Wellness and Wellbeing
Suresteps Wellbeing Services will work with BAME groups to enhance their wellbeing and promote wellness.
The World Health Organisation states that wellbeing is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Wellbeing is a continuous process of maintaining our health. It’s a state of being comfortable healthy and happy. Practicing good lifestyle habits, having positive relationship, social connections, having some control over our lives, and have a sense of purpose.
In a recent study Dr Ylenio Longo at the University of Nottingham, (UK), formulated fourteen distinct and recurring frames that are used to describe wellbeing: happiness, vitality, calmness, optimism, involvement, self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-worth, competence, development, purpose, significance, congruence, and connection.
The definitions for each are listed below.
1. Happiness = Feeling happy and cheerful
2. Vitality = Feeling energetic/full of energy
3. Calmness = Feeling calm/relaxed
4. Optimism = Being optimistic and hopeful
5. Involvement = Feeling completely involved and engaged in what you do
6. Awareness = Being in touch with how you feel
7. Acceptance = Accepting yourself the way you are
8. Self-worth = Liking yourself
9. Competence = Feeling highly effective at what you do
10. Development = Feeling you are improving, developing, advancing
11. Purpose = Having a purpose and a mission in life
12. Significance = Feeling that what you do is worthwhile
13. Congruence = Feeling that what you do is consistent with how you see yourself
14. Connection = Feeling close and connected to the people around you
Looking down this list, which ones would you agree are true for you?
Wellness Is Multifaceted:
The Wellness Initiative identifies eight dimensions of wellness, along with basic needs related to each one. The dimensions influence one another and affect a person’s overall health and quality of life. The dimensions are;
Emotional: Coping effectively with life and creating satisfying relationships
Environmental: Enjoying good health by occupying pleasant, stimulating environments that support well-being
Financial: Satisfaction with current and future financial situations
Intellectual: Recognizing creative abilities and finding ways to expand knowledge and skills
Occupational: Personal satisfaction and enrichment from one’s work
Physical: Recognizing the need for physical activity, healthy foods, and sleep
Social: Developing a sense of connection and belonging; and having a [good] support system
Spiritual: Expanding one’s sense of purpose and meaning in life (Swarbrick, 2014, p. 13; adapted from Swarbrick, 2006, p.311)
It is important to examine wellness attentively. We must align our habits and behaviours in a way that is conflict-free. Aiming for financial well-being that undermines our physical health is counterproductive.
Wellness is a state of wellbeing that goes beyond survival and disease prevention. It is about thriving in life. It is an active process of change and growth. It is about designing a lifestyle that helps us realise a better state of being. It is our default state in the absence of genetic limitations and environmental assaults…
Activities
Luminous Steps: Learning to live with Grief & Loss Bereavement Support Group. We meet at two different locations.
Bi-weekly Conversation Lounge/Café Monday Time: 6pm to 8pm (Everyone Everyday Ware House. 47 Thames RD
Bi-weekly Conversation Lounge/Café Monday Time: 2pm to 4pm. (To be arranged)
Individual counselling: To assist attendees. Day and Time TBA. (Face to face or online.)
Grief, & loss & bereavement workshops: Wednesday 30th August 2023, Tuesday 10th October 2023, Tuesday 21st November 2023. TBA.
Cooking Activity: Cooking with bereaved family members on a quarterly basis TBA.
Community open days: Create grief & loss & bereavement awareness in the community Saturday 2nd December to Friday 8th December 2023. TBA.
Glow in Wellbeing: We have the need to belong, to relate, to feel accepted, to be affirmed, to be appreciated, to believe and valued for who we are. If this resonates with you come to these sessions.
We meet on two different days at two different locations.
Every week BAME Psychoeducation & Conversation Lounge/Café: Engage in self-care, motivation, conversation and creative activities. Discover more about yourself, your identity and purpose Friday11am to 2pm. Location TBA.
Every week BAME Psychoeducation Conversation Lounge/Café: Engage in self-care, motivation, conversation and creative activities. Discover more about yourself, your identity and purpose. Saturday Time: 11am to 2pm. Location TBA.
One to One Counselling: Counselling is a process where an individual, couple, or family meet a trained professional counsellor to talk about issues and problems that they are facing in their lives. It is a confidential and collaborative relationship which promotes mental health and wellbeing; enhance self –understanding and resolve identified concerns. TBA
