11.6.11

The Social Animal - David Brooke

We don't have one core self, we have multiple selves aroused by different contexts.

5.6.11

Life

“The hummingbird lives only a few seasons because of its constant ‘quick’ vata nature, while tortoises live for over a hundred years... because they know how to take things slow.”

An example of a wellness model includes one developed by Myers, Sweeney and Witmer. It includes five life tasks—essence or spirituality, work and leisure, friendship, love and self-direction—and twelve sub tasks—sense of worth, sense of control, realistic beliefs, emotional awareness and coping, problem solving and creativity, sense of humor, nutrition, exercise, self care, stress management, gender identity, and cultural identity—which are identified as characteristics of healthy functioning and a major component of wellness. The components provide a means of responding to the circumstances of life in a manner that promotes healthy functioning.