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Lecture Notes

On the next few slides we're going to discuss the seven dimensions of health, and we'll discuss each one just briefly, so that you have a sense for what each dimension covers. The first one is your physical health, and this is the one that everyone thinks of first: the condition of your body, your organ systems, how well is your body functioning? Second one is intellectual health, and here we're talking about your mental capacities. Our mind is a really, really powerful tool, and being open to new ideas and concepts are one way, a couple ways, to promote intellectual health. Using your mind to analyze, to synthesize, to apply information, also signs of intellectual health. The third dimension of health is emotional health, and here we're talking about your ability to express your feelings appropriately, under many different situations that occur in our everyday lives. Feeling confident, respected, loved; all of these are signs of emotional health.