Introduction

There is no quick-fix to well-being. And, it doesn’t require expensive retreats, yoga classes, or supplements. Well-being that is authentic and sustainable requires internal and intentional work. It requires a balanced focus on all aspects of our well-being – a balance that is unique to you, your life, and your needs.

The Myth of the Wellness Industry

If we think about the evolution of the wellness industry over the years, we can see that it started with physical well-being: diet, exercise, sleep, preventing diseases, etc. The promise was: if you take care of your physical being, you will have the life you want. 

Later, the wellness industry moved into mental-emotional well-being: taking care of mental health, practicing mindfulness, working through trauma and emotional wounds. The promise here was: manage your mental-emotional world, and then you’ll feel good about yourself and your life.

The good news is that those are all really important areas to focus on for our well-being. The bad news is…

1. The way these things were taught didn’t help some people make deep, lasting change in their lives.
2. There is much more to well-being than physical and mental-emotional wellness. 

Now, many of us realize something is missing: we’re left longing for quality relationships and connections to community, and we’re wandering through life without a sense of purpose and direction.  

And, we don’t know where to start with those things: How do we cultivate and support our relational and spiritual well-being? 

• Relational well-being: the quality of your relationships to your closest others, your community, and the natural world. 
• Spiritual well-being: fulfilling the human need for meaning, purpose and connection to something greater than ourselves. 

This course aims to support you in finding more balance across all of* these areas of your well-being, and it will provide you with tools and starting-points for cultivating your well-being authentically.

*Note: I do not cover physical well-being in this course. That is a huge topic and I am not an expert in the physical body.