Welcome to:

Lifestyle
Managemen
t
GNED 2028
Today’s Agenda
Course Introductions
Community Building Activity
What is Health & Wellness?
Who Am I?

*include information about yourself

here*
Who Are you?
Stand up and talk to 3 different
people around you:

◦Name?
◦Where are you from?
◦Program?
◦What is your ideal dream job?

When finished sit back down so I

know you are done
What is
Lifestyle
Management?
How often do you take the time to really think about how you are
doing?

How do you feel about the lifestyle choices that you are making on
a regular basis?
Are the choices that you are making supporting your personal well-
being and your career goals?
Are there certain aspects of your life that you want to
change/improve for the better?
Are you living a healthy life?
In this course we will look at how leading a
healthy lifestyle includes a connection
between body, mind, and spirit
We will be talking about:
◦ How we can make better choices regarding our
current lifestyles
◦ How our environment, education, age, gender,
background, social groups and so much more
affect our choices & overall health
◦ The biggest topics that impact our lives
 Social Determinants of Health
Healthy Behaviour Change
Mental Health
Healthy Eating & Physical Activity
Stress & Time Management
Course
Mindfulness
Topics
Disease
Personal injury
Personal Relationships & Consent
Drugs, Alcohol & Addiction
Alternative Approaches to Healthcare
“I Learn Best”
Activity Time
 “I Learn Best”
Activity Instructions
Get together with other people that are
sitting around you
Introduce yourself to everyone
Once you have created your group, come up
to the front and grab:
◦ A piece of chart paper
◦ A marker
◦ Question sheet

Work together in your group to answer the

questions about your best class and worst
class
When finished, come tape to the board at
the front
Course
Syllabus
Let’s go over the syllabus
together
Whenever you have
questions, please refer to
it before emailing or
asking me
Course
Textbook
Mandatory textbook for
this course:
An Invitation to Health:
Sixth Canadian Edition by
Diane Hales and Lara
Lauzon
Blackboard
Announcements
Syllabus and Assignments
Lecture Content
Grades
When to check Blackboard
Blackboard App (FREE!)
What is

?
What is
Health?
Health: a state of
complete physical,
mental, and social well-
being, not merely the
absence of disease or
infirmity (WHO, 1948)
 Enabling people to increase control over and
to improve their health
Must be able to identify and realize
aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or
cope with the environment
Health is a resource for everyday life,
Health emphasizing social and personal resources
Promotion and physical capacities
Not just the responsibility of the health
sector
(“The Ottawa Charter
for Health Promotion”,
1986)
 First Nations
Perspective
Meaning of health and
wellness depicted through 5
circles:

•Centre circle – individual

responsibility
•Second circle – balance
•Third circle – values
•Fourth circle – where we
come from
•Fifth circle – respect for all,
building relationships
Quality of
Life
Quality of life: the
degree to which a person
enjoys the important
possibilities of his/her life
3 life domains:
◦ Being (physical,
psychological, spiritual)
◦ Belonging (physical,
social, community)
◦ Becoming (practical,
leisure, growth)
 Wellness: a deliberate lifestyle choice
characterized by personal responsibility and
What is optimal enhancement of physical, mental, and
spiritual health
Wellness? ◦ Purposeful, enjoyable living
◦ Taking steps to prevent illness
◦ Living life to the fullest
Illness/Wellness
Continuum
Developed by Dr. John
Travis in 1975
He suggested than many
of us are at the neutral
point where we at not ill
but have much more
potential to be well
Next
Week:
Dimensions of Wellness
Social Determinants of
Health
Please read Chapter #1:
An Invitation to Health &
Wellness
 Before leaving class today, please answer the
following questions on your exit ticket:

1. How would you have defined the terms

“health” and “wellness” before coming to
Exit Ticket class today?
2. How do your definitions differ from what
you learned today?

Hand in when you are finished and you are

free to go!