The Well Being Online Course Well Beings Care About
Psychological Health
Aloha Ka Mana'o
We, the well Beings, care about psychological health, which includes our mental, emotional, behavioral, and social well-being. This is an essential aspect of our overall health, as it helps us make lasting improvements. Thus, along with maintaining a healthy diet, exercise, and sleep, we must also care for our mental health.
Psychological health includes three key components: 1) Hedonic well-being, which is the feeling of happiness, pleasure, or enjoyment from doing things you love or avoiding things you don’t like; 2) Eudaimonic well-being, achieved through self-actualization and pursuing a meaningful purpose in life; and 3) Resilience, which is the ability to regulate emotions, overcome adversity, and transform challenges into opportunities for personal growth. Therefore, it’s essential to manage and maintain psychological well-being at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence to adulthood.
Our emotional, mental, and social states influence our psychological well-being. And our thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, emotions, feelings, experiences, and actions express it. These factors determine how we cope with stress, connect with others, manage our emotions, and make wise choices. Numerous studies have demonstrated that people who prioritize their psychological health experience fewer social issues, have longer and healthier lives, generally enjoy a higher quality of life, and are more successful in making lasting positive changes.
Why Well Beings Care About Psychological Health
Well Beings care about mental health because it is crucial for living a balanced life. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five adults – or over 40 million people – experience mental health issues in America. This fact underscores one of the reasons why well Beings prioritize their psychological wellness just as much as their physical health.
And did you know that our psychological well-being plays a significant role in our readiness for change and self-efficacy? It also affects our decision-making process and how we perceive ourselves, others, the world, and our ability to achieve our health goals. So, if we do not adequately care for our mental health, over time, it can lead to many health problems including diabetes and heart disease.
How Well Beings Care for Their Psychological Health
It’s true that your mental health can fluctuate depending on your ability to cope with the demands of life. For example, working long hours, caring for a sick relative, or facing financial hardships can certainly negatively impact your mental health.
Thus, to manage or improve your mental and emotional states, it’s crucial to identify and address unhealthy patterns and the factors that affect your freedom. Consequently, we encourage our customers and clients to explore their habitual behavioral patterns and consider the genetic factors that influence their mental health. We also suggest exploring the vital connection between the Native Hawaiian words naʻauao, which means knowledge and understanding one’s origins, and naʻau, intuition guided by the heart and the mind. Understanding these words and their interrelationship lays the foundation for the healing process by making it possible to address historical traumas and other cognitive and emotional issues.
To learn more about psychological health and its impact on your health goals, check out our online course, which discusses eight critical psychological components that include lessons on readiness for change, self-efficacy, thoughts & beliefs, emotions, actions & experiences, your neuro-chemical physiology, and levels of consciousness. We also think it might be a good idea to schedule a private session with Dr. Malia to investigate (and possibly identify) the psychological barrier(s) that might be hindering your healing progress.