You learn something every day!

I hope everyone had a well Wednesday! I am in the middle of my first week of school and work, and it sure is busyyyy. I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off but I feel like I am a happier person when I am doing so! I do want to catch up on some shows so this one will be short, but I wanted to share with you something I learned in school I thought was interesting. Health educators and promoters define health as "a dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is multidimensional (i.e. physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and occupational) in nature, a resource for living and results from a person's interaction with and adaptations to his or her environment". (McKenzie, Pinger & Kotecki, 2012, p. 6).


 Well that's a mouthful, huh? I pretty much thought that being healthy meant you weren't sick and/or you weren't in a mental hospital. Emotions, beliefs and interactions with others can determine our health. This definitely makes sense when I think about it, but it is interesting how this definition isn't what the majority of people think about when they assess their and their loved ones health.


How these dimensions interact is of great interest to me, and I hope that maybe you readers can think of ways to improve your health by improving these various parts of your life. (This, my nuggets, is why I can't seem to get away from school...you learn so many new thangsss!) I will leave you with a GIF of my poor Vicki at the RHOC Reunion Part III. She obviously needs to improve her emotional and social health and get rid of that Brooks. He gives me the heebie jeebies.

Image from: http://realitytvgifs.tumblr.com/tagged/RHOC