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About This Guide

Wellness is a holistic approach to health and promotes a balanced lifestyle.

The resources on the Dimensions of Wellness page are organized into the eight categories presented in Peggy Swarbrick’s (2012) Eight Dimensions of Wellness model. These include: physical wellness, intellectual wellness, emotional/mental wellness, social wellness, financial wellness, vocational wellness, spiritual wellness, & environmental wellness.

The Popular Topics page provides resources on some topics that are currently popular.

Check out the Biographies page to find people's experiences of living with wellness issues.

References

Swarbrick, M. (2012). A wellness approach to mental health recovery. In A. Rudnick (Ed.) Recovery of People with Mental Illness : Philosophical and Related Perspectives (1st Ed., pp. 30-38). Oxford University Press https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199691319.003.0003