Wellbeing is about balance in all aspects in life

It encompasses the health of the whole person – physical, mental, social and emotional. A person’s wellbeing can change moment to moment, day to day, month to month and year to year. It can be influenced by what’s happening in a specific moment and the actions that people take.

As with positive mental health, wellbeing is most likely to flourish in a supportive and inclusive environment – a safe place where diversity is acknowledged, respected and seen as adding to the vibrancy and strength of the entire community.

Research by Professor Martin Seligman, into the factors that allow humans to fully flourish, suggests that wellbeing is cultivated by the presence in our lives of positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment. 

Other researchers also believe that the cultivation of your Health by eating well, moving regularly, and sleeping deeply is one of the hygiene factors of wellbeing.

Funny things: At school pickup or before dinner, take it in turns to state something that made you laugh that day, or something that you have found funny in the past (a joke or funny story).

This is using savouring - deliberate conscious attention to the experience of pleasure, allowing us to experience the pleasure again and setting the tone for the rest of the afternoon/meal with open minds as a result of the positive emotions produced.    (Source: projectthrive.com.au)

Paul Anderson

Student Wellbeing Leader