Wellness Without Fairness Essay

This paper starts out by defining the components that constitute "health" and what separates it from "wellness." The social and mental elements are within the definition of health. This distinction has a considerable degree of importance beyond the physical well-being of an individual. According to the author, wellness entails external factors such as relationships, economic wealth and health. In this case, health is a component of wellness (Prilleltensky, 2013). These conclusions and explanations which are easy to comprehend shows that the student has done proper research on the topic. More than that, from the posting, it is clear that the subject named above has a thorough understanding of the provided texts and links. The key-word in this posting is overall wellbeing- with health being a vital component.

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Concerning health and wellbeing, the two are intertwined. The wellness model that the student chose is called "The Six Dimensions of Wellness" developed by Dr. Bill Hettler. The model has an advantage of being holistic as it uses six components to achieve one goal- that is overall well-being (Yeates, 2017). The student makes a good attempt at defining meaning and fairness using the sister's life as a personal example. According to the Six Dimensions Wellness Model, a person's purpose in life and the part played by fairness is directly related to the spiritual and occupational dimensions. The sister has a good job and feeling accomplished gives her meaning in life. However, I think that the author should have explained how the sister manages fairness/justice. It is my understanding that justice means moderation in life, not having too much on the plate to handle. I listened to some podcasts on the Brendon Show; they are quite inspirational.

References

Prilleltensky, I. (2013). Wellness without fairness: The missing link in psychology.

Yeates, E. A. (2017). Applied Resilience and Integrative Health Model. In 2017 Utah Integrative Health & Resiliency Conference.Patrick Gallego Response

In this posting, the student goes straight to the point by linking up health and wellbeing; according to him, health is a component of wellness. The posting has some grammar mistakes which would have been solved by quick proofreading such as "She is a woman..." According to the author, health concerns physical and mental stability. I feel that the social component of health has been left out of the definition of health. The description of wellness as complete homeostasis is given and correctly so (Prilleltensky, 2013). I feel that the posting is not gelled in together. In my opinion, the essay is not flowing. The ideas are left hanging. Even though the content is there, it does not make for easy reading.

The definition of fairness and more specifically, distributive fairness, was very educational for me though. I thought that justice meant having just balance or moderation in life. It turns out that distributive fairness entails more than that. From this posting, I learned that underachievement or failure is part of social justice in distributive fairness (Prilleltensky, 2013). Hence, society should not put too much pressure on individuals to achieve in all the constituents of their lives. The author of the post gave an example of himself as an individual with an exemplary experience. According to me, he was not required to do so. What was needed was an individual who lived per a specific wellness model (Savolaine & Granello, 2002). He gave the example of his wife who lives according to the Lifespan Model. The wife as an example came at the right moment right after explaining the Lifespan Model. I feel that the paragraphs and flow of ideas warranted a better organization. Also, there is no attached resource in the form of a podcast or blog.

References

Prilleltensky, I. (2013). Wellness without fairness: The missing link in psychology.

Savolaine, J., & Granello, P. F. (2002). The function of meaning and purpose for individual wellness. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 41(2), 178-189.