Supporting and promoting the well-being of mental health carers and their families.
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11-01-2021 04:20 AM
11-01-2021 04:20 AM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
I have moved house 7 times as a child & 24 times as an adult....that I can remember, I had to write them down to try to count. I think I remembered them all. As life has changed so has my location, or vice versa.
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11-01-2021 10:04 AM
11-01-2021 10:04 AM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
Were you able to manage your environmental wellness @luckymeaunty
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11-01-2021 12:28 PM
11-01-2021 12:28 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
Interesting term 'environmental wellness'. Currently I have extremely Good environmental wellness. I think I could say Excellent environmental wellness. I haven't heard the term before, but if I consider the many facets that it may include, I could tick lots of boxes with a Yes, healthy. It has varied over the years. ...thank you for posing the question. Something to ponder.
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11-01-2021 01:48 PM
11-01-2021 01:48 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
@Former-Member @Scoo
Hey @luckymeaunty
That is a lot of moves.
I had more when I was a child than an adult! Somehow I am blessed with a home now, and also the weight of the responsibility of maintaining one home these days.
Hugs Bella. A new journey for you may be good to distract from the trauma and hardship of all the losses due to the fire.
Environmental wellness can be as huge a theme as we want to make it. I have suffered from real estate snobbery all my life. It is both difficult and real. Living in dirty traffic congested areas and areas of low socio-econoomic levels with a lot of random violence around ... coming through the wall, and in the street and ... in the atmosphere.
Now at my age I give back to the environment, by sharing my plants and recently found there is a trendy term for it ... guerilla gardening. It has a slow positive effect, one that is hard to measure. Lots of people still dump rubbish, but many others, young and old, are uplifted by my little gardens ....
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11-01-2021 02:31 PM
11-01-2021 02:31 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
it is a huge topic @Former-Member and includes the circumstances, people, things, and events around us that influence our lives. it extends to the towns we live in along with nature, land, sea, air, plants, and animals. it is about occupying a pleasant stimulating environment that support well-being. it is about living in harmony with our surroundings and taking action to care for and protect it. it has elements of both giving and receiving where we not only support our own environmental well-being but by also allowing the environment to support ours.
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12-01-2021 09:54 AM
12-01-2021 09:54 AM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
@Former-Member
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12-01-2021 07:57 PM
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Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
Those places are getting fewer. @Former-Member
The population is growing, but many people are becoming aware, so I try and focus on the good.
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17-04-2021 01:49 PM
17-04-2021 01:49 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
hello @Former-Member , doing a refresher couse here , very interesting reading it all again
interesting how some things have changed over the time
than i came upon the financial part of iT, interesting to say now that mr shaz wants more
i have never felt that way at all
@luckymeaunty, @Scoo , @Sophie1 , @Appleblossom , @FindingStrength , @Former-Member , @Boo13
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17-04-2021 05:27 PM
17-04-2021 05:27 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
Mr Darcy & I have really benefited from listening to Dave Ramsey YouTube videos which popped up on my feed (no doubt as I did some research on budgeting for this thread - example attached).
I also looked up the "envelope system" which can be done in a virtual way and I have found an app that I thought I would try in relation to this.
Having a written budget seems to be a core component of any financial management system.
I am the spender while Mr Darcy is the saver and I am trying to get myself better organised so that when the time come I hope to be better prepared to manage things myself. As I am on carer payment and Mr Darcy is on DSP so things will change. I have got some help through the carer gateway in relation to future needs around employment too and have been considering what occupational wellness will look like for me.
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22-07-2021 04:56 PM
22-07-2021 04:56 PM
Re: 8 dimensions of wellness
hello @luckymeaunty , @Scoo , @Sophie1 , @Appleblossom , @Determined , @Smc , @znp , @Emelia8 , @Krishna ,