Now more than ever, our social wellness is essential. In this blog, we look at how to improve our social wellness. Learn how one part affects another and then understand how we can support our bodies better to adjust to life challenges. Having a holistic view of your wellness helps you keep in tune with your body’s needs. It is an approach to life versus focusing on a specific body part by looking at the whole person and addressing physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental/occupational, social, or intellectual well-being.
It can be challenging to focus on all of these areas simultaneously, so work on each one independently first, with the aim to make them a part of your daily routine. No one routine is perfect for everyone, so do your best and implement each area as you become comfortable with it. As you work through each dimension, you will become aware of how they interconnect and contribute to your overall well-being.
8 Tips How to Encourage Social Wellness in Our Lives
Now more than ever, our social wellness is essential. Social wellness is our ability to contribute to our community, whether family, friends or global community. Learning how to improve our communication skills and create a network of friends and family members helps build that support network and sense of belonging.
When we work on our social wellness, it reduces the feeling of being alone and supports our emotional and spiritual wellness.
Ask yourself:
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- Am I comfortable in asking for help?
- Do you surround yourself with people who you can trust and you know care about you?
- How do you handle conflict? Do you communicate clearly?
- Do you have at least one good friend you can count on?
- Are you okay being alone?
8 Ways How to Improve your Social Wellness
Find your social wellness through:
- Learn how to be assertive without being passive or aggressive.
Being assertive means expressing your point of view clearly and directly while respecting others. Referring to the facts and removing the emotional aspect helps. https://www.verywellmind.com/learn-assertive-communication-in-five-simple-steps-3144969- Be factual, not emotional about what you don’t like
(TRY: ‘Our meeting was for 11:30 it is now 11:50’ – NOT: ‘You’re rude! You’re always late’) - Don’t judge or exaggerate
(TRY: ‘I have less time for lunch as I need to be back by 1:00’) - Use ‘I’ Messages not ‘you’
(TRY: ‘I’d like it if you’d stop that’ – NOT: ‘You need to stop that!’) - Communicate clearly
(TRY: When you…….., I feel…….) - List behaviour, results and feelings related
(TRY: When you ……….., then…….., and I feel……)
- Be factual, not emotional about what you don’t like
- Balancing personal, work, and social time https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2019/07/14/how-to-balance-your-personal-and-professional-lives/?sh=6e341388cd41
- Work to a manageable schedule, allowing adequate time for each and factor in traveling time if needed.
- Don’t let one creep too far into another’s time
- Think about how you can be more productive with your time
- Practicing to be who you are in all situations, refrain from acting or pretending
- Genuinely engaging with other people in your community.
- Respect and embrace other’s strengths and weaknesses
- Maintaining existing and developing new friendships
- Creating boundaries with relationships that encourage communication and trust
- HAVING FUN!
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