Why The Focus Should Be On Wellness
As a nurse practitioner I realize the importance of being healthy. In the following article, I will go over why it should be our focus moving forward with our health.
Why should the focus be on wellness as opposed to illness? I will explore that very question. According to the Oxford dictionary online, wellness is the state of being in good health, especially as an actively sought-after goal. If your going to make wellness an active goal, it's important to understand more than just the official definition. What does wellness meant to you? Why would you, or should you make it a goal? How do you start to make it your goal? And, what do you hope to achieve with it as your goal? I polled my Instagram followers and asked them what wellness means to them. According, to them, wellness is intentionally working at our mind, body, and spirit. They also added "wholeness". They made very important points that wellness is not just doctors and medicine, it encompasses the whole of you. To be in a true state of well-being your body, mind, and soul must be in sync.