Mental Health Day 2022: Our mental well-being is an essential part of our overall mental health and well-being. Our mental health affects the way we feel, think and act and can be greatly enhanced by living a life centered around holistic well-being. It’s an integrated approach to your overall health. It is as much about physical health as it is about emotional focus; It is also about fostering stronger bonds with our community and living in harmony with nature. All this adds to our health and happiness. You need to cultivate well-being across the eight pillars of physical, mental, occupational, financial, social, societal, planetary, and spiritual. These pillars include all aspects of life that contribute to individual and collective well-being. (Also read: Mental Health Day 2022: How does sleep affect your mental health? Experts give advice )
Speaking to HT Lifestyle, Prakriti Poddar, Global Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing at RoundGlass, said, “Living a life of total well-being that includes mindfulness, finding happiness in every moment, and caring for society and the planet can enable us to live with greater mental health and well-being.” Through her role at RoundGlass, Prakriti has created communities, initiatives, and connections to advocate for and support mental health awareness, as well as integrate peace and harmony to address mental and emotional health.
Here, Prakriti lists the eight pillars of well-being and how they benefit our mental health:
Mental safety:
Mental well-being refers to healthy habits of thinking and emotion. How we feel, think and act in the world contributes to our ability to lead a healthy mental life, including sound decision-making, self-regulation, and self-control. Emotional well-being is part of it and it is about accepting our feelings and thoughts without pushing them away or letting them overwhelm us.
Physically – well:
Physical well-being refers to a healthy, balanced and optimally functioning body characterized by healthy habits such as regular exercise, good diet, sleep and healthy eating. All aspects of physical well-being are essential to and affect mental health.
social welfare:
Social bonds develop feelings of security, trust, and kinship. Social bonding has been linked to lower levels of anxiety and depression and increased empathy.
community welfare:
Participation in the community, such as volunteering time, talent, and experience, are ways of expressing gratitude, which have been shown to increase positive emotions in the mind.
Financial well-being:
Financial well-being refers to the state in which an individual can fully meet current and continuing financial obligations, feel secure in his financial future, and be able to make choices that allow him to enjoy life. Multiple studies have shown that financial well-being has a significant impact on mental health.
Professional luxury:
It refers to the state of feeling secure and satisfied with an individual’s career path and work environment. It involves feeling a work-life balance and feeling appreciated for your contributions.
Planetary Wellbeing:
In the long run, the health of our planet is intrinsically linked to our general well-being, including mental health. Caring for and respecting our natural environment and the entire planet contributes to the well-being of the planet.
Spiritual well-being:
It refers to the profound experience of being connected to a sense of purpose or energy greater than us, and of dismantling or removing boundaries between oneself and others, or between oneself and the world. This experience provides us with a sense of peace, purpose, and forgiveness in times of emotional stress and illness.
All of these eight pillars are related to our complete well-being and can be achieved through wellbeing practices such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga and healthy eating. Take small steps every day to transform your life and embrace holistic well-being to live happier and healthier.
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Originally published at San Jose News Bulletin
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