Your Practical Health: A Reflection & Guided Exercise
Explore how your practical health foundations support your health and well-being.
Our routine Practical Health is a key dimension of the Physical Self pillar of our Health and Wellness Foundations. These are are health practices we’ve lived with all our lives, from learning daily dental hygiene as children to picking up health practices from experts along the way. Over time, research evolves our understanding of these best practices, requiring updates and adjustments.
Our circumstances often force different types of adjustments. Our bodies and needs change. Life demands introduce friction and barriers that lead us to slide on (or even neglect) some of our healthful practices. If we stop and stake stock, how are we doing — really doing — in terms of supporting our practical health and routines?
Our previous two exercises in the Physical Self pillar focus on the foundations of nutrition and movement and exercise. Here, we continue with other dimensions we often take for granted, as well as friction points we may encounter.
As a starting point, the questions and reflect…