HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Support from family, relationships, friends and community.

Enhancement of positive reinforcement and self esteem through support groups which enhance a person's wellbeing and enjoyment of life with laughter and a sense of creativity and awe. This will include any form of art, music, literature, and brain stimulation to enhance the connections of the dendrites between the nerve cells in the brain, and will also include such things as crosswords and mental exercises. This will also include attuning to nature and walking in nature, and that includes walking in botanic gardens, forests and the wilderness, and experiencing the real forces of nature directly, including air, earth, fire and water.

The key to wellness and prevention of illness, is change and variety. It requires an effort to maintain a lifestyle change which includes mind over matter and matter over mind. It includes going into new avenues of experience and challenging the self in order to take the limits off the self. It espouses the unlimited potential of the mind and the assumption that the mind has unlimited ability to absorb information, and to be able to express itself in a way that is revitalizing and functional for the whole biological wellbeing of the body.

 

 

Ten social determinants of health - Sir Michael Marmot
Social and economic circumstances strongly effect health throughout life.

  1. Stress harms health.
  2. The effects of early development in the neo-natal period and infancy last a lifetime.
  3. Social exclusion creates suffering and morbidity.
  4. Stress in the workplace increases the risk of disease
  5. Job security increases health, well-being and job satisfaction. Unemployment is deleterious to health.
  6. Social support, friendship, good social relations and strong supportive networks improve health at home, work and in the community.
  7. Addiction to drugs and alcohol is influenced by social determinants.
  8. Nutrition is a key determinant of health.
  9. Transport through the use of walking and exercise in a sustainable environment enhances health.

DISCUSSION - The Morbidity Data
The future of our planet lies not so much in hardware, but in software, particularly in genius and creativity, and that requires new kinds of individuals who are open and cosmopolitan in nature. Albert Einstein said, "If humankind is to survive, there has to be a substantially new manner of thinking." A more rounded culture seeks to unlock the powers of the mind and the brain in order for people to speak from their hearts.