Social & Cultural Wellness
This skill is most often done using your ears & is just as important in maintaining a healthy level of social wellness as having good communication skills...
What are listening skills?
This is a feeling that includes having confidence in your own self worth or abilities and a healthy level of self-respect.
What is self-esteem?
This is a popular number game that is enjoyable and helps enhance one's intellectual wellness.
What is Sudoku?
What is volunteering?
Part of physical wellness includes paying attention to the foods you eat and having a balanced diet, also known as this.
What is nutrition?
This color ribbon is used to symbolize mental health awareness and support.
What is green?
Preparing one of these is an important aspect of financial wellness and is something we did together in class recently.
What is a budget?
This is not only one of the topics we cover in FYS, but an important part of your social wellness that means feeling like you are part of the group.
What is belonging?
This activity consumes a large portion of our lives (ideally 8-10 hours per day) and is critically important for learning and physical health.
What is sleep?
DAILY DOUBLE! This Grammy award winner, star of A Star is Born, and advocate shared that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and said: “I have a mental illness, and I struggle with that mental illness every day.”
Who is Lady Gaga?
What is mindfulness (or meditation)?
Doing this popular La Crosse outdoor activity, through the bluffs or marsh, is a great way to engage with the outdoors for many areas of wellness.
What is hiking?
These lovely friends help combat social isolation and usually walk on 4 legs.
What are pets?
Small amounts of this can be motivating, but excessive amounts can trigger illness and affect your body and mind in negative ways.
What is stress?
Many individuals will have short term responses to life-threatening events; however, some will develop longer term symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of this.
What is PTSD?
This practice of appreciating and reflecting on the good things in your life can have a positive impact on your overall well-being.
What is gratitude?
Setting aside money for this is helpful in case of unexpected expenses.
What is an emergency fund?
Making the time to meet others in person, by video chat, email, social media, voice call, or text helps foster this.
What is connection?
Exercising helps prevent and manage stress, and promotes mental well-being, decreasing the likelihood of these two very common mental illnesses.
What are anxiety and depression?
This is the most common mental health disorder in the world and in college age students (over 44% of college-age students reporting experiencing it).
What is depression?
This practice of thinking of yourself and others with gentleness and understanding is an important component of spiritual health.
What is compassion?
Paying off loans, getting bills in your name, and not going into debt are all ways to increase and maintain this important number.
What is your credit score?