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Promoting Positive Health and Well-Being - Coggle Diagram
Promoting Positive Health and Well-Being
Stress Resistant Personality
Recent studies by Kosaba have shown that people who experience high levels of stress but low level of illness exhibit characteristics like Commitment,Control, and Challenge, which can be categorised under
personality traits of hardiness
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However, not everyone has these traits, so relearning of life skills is required.
Life Skills
Life Skills help in adapting and dealing with problems in life. Some of the life skills necessary for our overall development are: assertiveness, time management, rational thinking, and overcoming bad habits.
Overcoming Unhelpful Habits
Overcoming habits like perfectionism, avoidance, and procrastination is important for long-term coping.
Time Management
Life management, which implies setting our priorities and execution of important tasks first, which keeps us relaxed.
Assertiveness
Helps in expressing our opinions confidently and with no hesitation and this facilitates effective communication skills and high-self confidence.
Improving relationships
Listening, expressing, and accepting.
Self-care
Taking less shallow breaths and reducing environmental stressors.
Rational Thinking
It helps us think in an organized manner and helps in differentiating between positive and negative thinking.
Promoting Health
Diet
One should have a balanced diet as it prevents illness, controls BP, Heart Rate and blood sugar level.
Determining factors for an individual regarding diet are health history, genetics, and activity level.
A balanced diet helps in coping with stress.
Exercise
There is a direct correlation between exercise and positive health and exercise strengthens our immune system, controls the amount of fat and BP as well.
Positive Attitude
There is a direct correlation between positive health and positive well-being. Some ways of enhancing a positive attitude are having a definite aim in life, taking flaws positively, etc.
Positive Thinking
Optimism has been linked to physical and psychological well-being.
Social Support
Tangible, informational, and emotional support. : :