What is 'wellness'?

'Being well' is so much more than simply ‘being not ill.’

A state of wellness means that we’re able to use all of ourselves, our thinking, our feelings and our emotions to help us live well and to enjoy life to the full.

To ‘live well’ doesn't mean that we're happy all of the time. It means that we can think about, feel and react to the events around us as they happen, without being ‘hijacked’ by our reactions to memories of things that happened in the past.

To a large extent, being well involves living in the ‘here and now.’

What does 'wellness' mean to you? Take a few moments to think about, or to write down, what being well actually means to you.