Focus on Wellness: a New Year begins!

A new year brings a fresh opportunity to become an active force in your own journey to wellness. This year, Equipoise: for work and life will spend each month in 2009 focusing on a different dimension of wellness. So what is "wellness" exactly? Although there isn't much agreement on the precise definition, what we can say is that it is more than simply the absense of disease. DefinitionOfWellness.com describes it as follows:

Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence.
Process means that improvement is always possible
Aware means that we are continuously seeking more information about how we can improve.
Choices means that we consider a variety of options and select those in our best
interest.
Success is determined by each individual to be their collection of life accomplishments.

Each month Equipoise: for work and life will highlight a different dimension, and you can use the information as an opportunity to plan your own wellness goals. Each blog entry will offer the following:

Overview: A description of the dimension of wellness for the month

Do It Now: The hardest part of reaching our goals is not neccessarily creating them, but actually carrying out the steps to see them through. Breaking down goals into manageable chunks is a classic way to see your plan come to life. This section will offer strategies that you can implement immediately to get the ball rolling.

Tools: Worksheets, gadgets and quizzes

Web Resources: Many organizations provide free online materials and can point you towards additional resources and information

Reading: A list of articles and even some free e-books for further reading in each dimension

If you are ready to begin working on creating greater wellness for yourself and for your family, subscribe to our blog posts(found in the right sidebar) and stay tuned each month. All the best for a happy, healthy and prosperous year!