Well-being - Achieving Health and Happiness

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What does well-being mean?

Well-being is the experience of health, happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and the ability to manage stress. More generally, well-being is just feeling well ( Take this quiz to discover your level of well-being.)

How do psychologists define well-being?

Psychologists have tended to define well-being in one of two ways. First, it is thought to involve higher levels of positive emotions (and lower levels of negative emotions). Second, it is thought to include a general satisfaction with one’s life (Ryff & Keyes, 1995).

What is well-being & why is it important?

Well-being encompasses quality of life and the ability of people and societies to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and purpose.” Additionally, many nations are now finding that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a poor way to assess the success or well-being of a nation.

What Is Well-being

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3. https://www.who.int/activities/promoting-well-being
4. https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/what-is-well-being.html
5. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/wellbeing/
6. https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/learn/wellbeing
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-being
8. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/guides-tools-and-activities/five-steps-to-mental-wellbeing/
9. https://whatworkswellbeing.org/about-wellbeing/what-is-wellbeing/

Well-being Information

1. https://wellbeinginfo.org/