Working Towards Greatness Case Study

Leading on from this looking at the case study of Renee (Open University, 2014a) by using the Dynamic Model of Wellbeing I was able to understand Renee’s situation with a lot more clarity of her situation. Renee is a single mother with four children and also lives with her eighty-year-old mother who has ill health. Renee works but with poor pay and barely enough income to support her family. By using the guidelines of the model I was able to establish that she had poor external conditions with her work and income also her living standards were poor within her home. Her personal resources such as her health suffered due to her external conditions, her optimism was low and so was her self-esteem, being behind with bills and ill affording the

An individual can take steps to promote their mental well-being and mental health. These steps could be social connections, being active, learning and developing themselves, social involvement and self awareness. Connecting with other people and developing relationships are important for an individual’s mental well-being. Staying active can help maintain a positive mental state. Learning new skills can create a sense of achievement and improve self esteem. Involvement in the local community or other social groups can develop strong social inclusion encouraging mental well-being. Being aware of own feelings and emotional state means an individual can maintain their mental well-being.

Michael Redhill, author of the story “I Witness”, states that “The true measure of success in life is how well we connect”. According to him, interaction with members of the society and establishment of valuable relationships are the key concepts to achieving the optimal life. Although this may be a way to interpret success, there are countless other ways the word can be defined, unique to every individual. For some, it is calculated by social status; for others, success is solely determined by their happiness.

Happiness is one of the most significant dimensions of human experience. Many people can argue that happiness is a meaningful and desirable entity. Studies indicate that everyone pursues happiness in various aspects of their life. Our four fathers saw happiness as a need, so they made the pursuit of happiness as one of the three unalienable rights branded in the Declaration of Independence. There is a sense of complexity behind the meaning of happiness; its definition is not definite. Think of happiness as a rope; there are many thin fiber strands bonded together to become the strength of the rope. Like the analogy of the rope, there are numerous factors that can contribute to an individual’s overall happiness in life. This study is going to

Mind (2013) states that the term ‘well-being’ is how one feels from ‘day to day’ (Mind, 2013), how one is able to live, work and take part within their community by having the confidence and friendship’s. One is also resilient to any changes and adversity in their lives (Mind, 2013). This assignment is going to draw on the E219 module materials from Attachment within the Early Years and Adolescence and Emotion within the Early Years, Middle Childhood and Adolescence. The type of attachment a child has with their caregiver will determine the level of their well-being they have. These, attachments change as the child grows up into an adolescent. Their emotions develop over time form the basic understanding of happiness to more complex emotions that come with puberty. Doward (2014) produced an article based upon the report of Layard et al (2014) the main points will be analysed including; how he claims that one’s income level does not play a big part in ones happiness and that David Cameron has said the same. Yet in comparison Hamburgh’s (2016) newspaper report and Luscombe’s (2010) study stat that money can make people happy. Karreman & Vingerhoets (2012) identifies that the level of one’s well-being is linked to their attachment type. Another significant aspect to a child 's well-being is the emotions they have and develop over time and how attachments and emotions are interlinked. The emotional knowledge and the community of where a child lives is linked to Sameroff’s (1987)

This essay has clearly shown that these environments have impacted Jane’s life and influenced her overall wellbeing. It has also shown that when Jane accepted and engaged with appropriate support that was offered it has enabled her to build a new life with a new

The purpose of this paper is to explain my definition of Intellectual, emotional, social and physical wellness. Also the purpose is to set certain goals for myself so I have a standard that I can attain to.

Ballarat Grammar has a big focus on wellbeing and has been included with the religious program at the school. It is called R.P and E which is short for religion, philosophy and ethics. Students attend this once a week in their classes or with other classes in the same year level. The first few weeks of term were focused on students completing a character strength survey. Character strengths highlight positive personality qualities that students possess and encourage them to use these qualities in positive ways. By showing students their top 5 character strengths they can get a better understanding of who they are as well value qualities in others. Another program that whole school engages in as a whole community is All On At Once (AOAO). This happens every Wednesday afternoon and the experiences that I saw were physical education such as jump rope

The hope, however, is to make a lasting difference the quality of their lives by giving support that not only can make their day, but also make the illnesses that they live with a little more endurable. Young people ages 0-25 affected by mental health issues and mental illnesses were the people who were benefited primarily. However, by increasing the happiness in the lives of young people, it also benefited those who interacted with and surrounded themselves with these young people. B.

While there is a need to extend the evidence base, the report also found that more could be done to promote what we already know about the benefits of promoting emotional and social competence and wellbeing. This would help to develop practice in this area. It is recommended that DFES communicates the rationale for work in this area through guidance and case studies which emphasise the synergy between work on emotional and social competence and wellbeing, and more tradional educational goals of cognitive intellectual development and academic

Wellbeing is ‘generally understood as the quality of people’s lives. It is a dynamic state that is enhanced when people can fulfil their personal and social goals. It is understood both in relation to objective measures, such as household income, educational resources and health status; and subjective indicators such as happiness, perceptions of quality of life and life satisfaction, (Statham and Chase 2010).’ It is important to acknowledge many factors play a role in measuring childhood well-being but it is necessary to look at both positive and negative indicators in orders to get a realistic overview as well as an overall understanding of well-being as a whole. Throughout the course of this essay both subjective and objective aspects of children’s well-being will be discussed as well as how the value of measuring both aspects can enable us to gain a holistic understanding of childhood well-being.

The awareness of the PERMA can be valuable to children’s life fulfilment furthermore it will help them to go beyond surviving to thriving in life. It would be ideal if the wellbeing were the heart of any school, which implement this approach to deal with the entire school. This implies that wellbeing programmes are not only taught to the children as well as to the staff, parents and the more extensive group.

Following on, it is highly important to understand the limits of promoting positive mental health can achieve. Positive mental health can be seen as protection and an advantage, especially among those with equal levels of resources. In other words, among poor children, those with higher levels of emotional wellbeing have better educational outcomes than their equally poor peers. Nonetheless, richer children tend to achieve more in education and employment regardless their emotional or cognitive

It has provided me with a sense of belonging and meaning. Psychological aspects towards living a healthier lifestyle and an improvement in my quality of life while maintaining a social life are explored thoroughly through this essay. Though I have much more to learn in this environment, it is a safe bet to assume that the groups I have formed strong bonds with will be there to support and encourage me for the better. There are also positive concepts that I learnt such as the right to have positively good friends over toxic “fair-weather friends”, to ensure a strong engagement with others past the everyday work hours and to show a line of empathy when it comes to understanding others. All of this illustrates the importance of good social relationships and thus, appropriately integrates the psychological concepts of belonging and meaning towards a human flourishing

Public health approaches distinguishes the role played by outside factors that influence individuals and their immediate health system. The established programs, policies and services that are trying to create supportive health within a wide range of social and economic contexts seek to empower many to exercise control over their own health and improve the ability to work together within their profession. For example health promoting schools collaborate together to protect the health of students through a supportive school environment, these programs include Mind Matters which looks at the mental health and wellbeing of young people. Overall this positively influences young people as it promotes for a supportive health environment as it advocates so a broad range of people for all different areas of life although similar to the Lifestyle and behavioural approaches it allows for individuals