Great question Ben! I think well-being is different to everyone.
To me, it's being content, I'm not at the high end or the low end. I'm in the middle, feeling fresh in the morning and getting through my daily tasks without feeling weighed down by anything.
According to WHO, health is " a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
I quote that sticks in my mind is from 10 things I hate about you "so you can be underwhelmed and overwhelmed but can you ever just be whelmed?"
Like happiness I feel well-being is something that will ebb and flow, it's not a consistent steady state despite us striving for it to be. Life throws things at us that bring us down, but what is helpful is having strategies in place to get us through it. It's okay to not be well all the time, awareness and being able to identify it is key to overcoming it I feel.
This is where supportive workplaces come in, a worker says I'm tired but they push through because their boss is enforcing them or because they don't want to be seen as weak and want people to think they have everything together (because we are conditioned to have everything together). In this sense well-being is being able to stop and say I need a day off or do whatever is needed to charge your batteries in a safe and compassionate environment.
Love the quote “Health is not merely the absence of illness” as my grandpa always told me that. He died recently at 92 and was in good health right up until his passing.
From my experience, I don’t believe well-being has to eb and flow, but agree it’s a tricky balancing act to find. And it’s balancing act I’m getting better at doing as I become more self aware of my habits that impact my energy (food and sleep mostly).
I agree the work place has a role to play in employee well-being, but where’s the line where people need to take ownership of how they feel and not expect their boss to sort it out for them?
Yes absolutely! I think a big issue is that people don't take ownership of their own lives and well-being. I was more referring to workplaces being safe and supportive, promoting ownership of ones health. The amount of times patients have told me they feel burnt out but can't take time off due to staff shortages or heavy workload or not feeling like they are able to because their boss/colleagues will see them as weak.
Great question Ben! I think well-being is different to everyone.
To me, it's being content, I'm not at the high end or the low end. I'm in the middle, feeling fresh in the morning and getting through my daily tasks without feeling weighed down by anything.
According to WHO, health is " a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
I quote that sticks in my mind is from 10 things I hate about you "so you can be underwhelmed and overwhelmed but can you ever just be whelmed?"
Like happiness I feel well-being is something that will ebb and flow, it's not a consistent steady state despite us striving for it to be. Life throws things at us that bring us down, but what is helpful is having strategies in place to get us through it. It's okay to not be well all the time, awareness and being able to identify it is key to overcoming it I feel.
This is where supportive workplaces come in, a worker says I'm tired but they push through because their boss is enforcing them or because they don't want to be seen as weak and want people to think they have everything together (because we are conditioned to have everything together). In this sense well-being is being able to stop and say I need a day off or do whatever is needed to charge your batteries in a safe and compassionate environment.
(If this makes any sense! haha)
Love the quote “Health is not merely the absence of illness” as my grandpa always told me that. He died recently at 92 and was in good health right up until his passing.
From my experience, I don’t believe well-being has to eb and flow, but agree it’s a tricky balancing act to find. And it’s balancing act I’m getting better at doing as I become more self aware of my habits that impact my energy (food and sleep mostly).
I agree the work place has a role to play in employee well-being, but where’s the line where people need to take ownership of how they feel and not expect their boss to sort it out for them?
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Yes absolutely! I think a big issue is that people don't take ownership of their own lives and well-being. I was more referring to workplaces being safe and supportive, promoting ownership of ones health. The amount of times patients have told me they feel burnt out but can't take time off due to staff shortages or heavy workload or not feeling like they are able to because their boss/colleagues will see them as weak.