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Well-being is about all round wellness

• Well-being: The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. Oxford Dictionary
• Well-being: A good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare. Dictionary.com
• Health,  Contentment,  Happiness,  Fulfilment

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We are here not just to survive but to thrive and be well

• Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. Martial
• Inner success is the ongoing experience of love, happiness, fulfilment and well-being… the experience of joy in your everyday life. Michael Neill
• If we truly want to create a life that is grounded in basic well-being, we must decide to commit ourselves to learning what it takes to thrive instead of merely survive. Susan Velasquez

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Well-being is what true wealth is

• What right have you to take the word wealth, which originally meant well-being, and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of material objects measured by money.  John Ruskin
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Well-being is what true health is

• Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. World Health Organization
• Health

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Sustained well-being leads to joy

• Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace – a connection to what matters. Oprah Winfrey
• Joy

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Be the active agent of your own well-being

• Act as a master of your life by putting your health, well-being and happiness first. Marianna Olszewski
• Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing… they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers. Samuel Smiles
• Conscious living is the art of feeling your feelings, speaking authentically, knowing your life purpose, and carrying out effective actions that contribute to your well-being and the well- being of others. Gay Hendricks

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Know that your every thought, word and deed effects your well-being

• The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well- being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually. Greg Anderson

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Well-being is a journey that you need to commit to

• For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself. Deepak Chopra
• Life is a journey

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Look for evidence of well-being and thriving and appreciate it

• Look for evidence of Well-Being and thriving and success and happiness, you will tune yourself to the vibrations of those things—and so those kinds of good-feeling experiences will dominate your life. Abraham-Hicks
• When you are appreciating, you are allowing Well- being. Abraham-Hicks
• Feel appreciation for those who provide examples of Well-Being. How would you know that prosperity was possible if there wasn’t some evidence of prosperity around you? It’s all part of this contrast that helps you to sharpen your desire. Abraham-Hicks
• Appreciation

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Give love

• The world has led us to believe that our wellbeing is dependent on other people loving us. But this is kind of upside down thinking that has caused so many of our problems. The truth is our well being is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out! Alan Cohen
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Be genuinely happy for the well-being of others

• The more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well- being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to…rather than detracts from…our lives. Stephen Covey

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Commit to the well-being of yourself and others in your relationships

• I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship. Bell Hooks
• The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others. Sharon Anthony Bower
• Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul purging truth coming on. Betty White
• Principles for healthy relationships

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Care for the happiness of others

• I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. The Dalai Lama
• From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men – above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends. Albert Einstein
• Caring,  Happiness

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Do what makes your heart sing

• When your heart is singing, you are allowing Well-being. When you are appreciating, you are allowing Well- being. Abraham-Hicks
• Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor. Paul Hawken
• Do what you love

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Take time to play and enjoy life

• It is essential to our wellbeing, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing. Marcia Wieder
• Play,  Enjoyment,  Savouring

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Learn to be content

• A man’s well-being depends upon his degree of contentment. Sri Sathya Sai Baba
• Contentment

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Follow intrinsic goals, not extrinsic ones

• Goals that are all about obtaining external validation of self- worth—like being popular, famous, or rich—not only won’t make you truly happy, but will actively diminish your sense of well-being, by interfering with the pursuit of goals that will really benefit you. If you have goals like these in your life, it’s time to rid yourself of them. Heidi Grant Halvorson
• Strong aspirations for any of the intrinsic goals—meaningful relationships, personal growth, and community contributions—were positively associated with well-being. Edward Deci
• When individuals are strongly extrinsically oriented, they lack a firm foundation for well-being. Edward L. Deci
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Simplify your life

• The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well- being that places harmony in one’s life. Peace Pilgrim
• This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification. Herman Hesse
• Simplicity,  Simple living

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Build your self esteem

• Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. Louise Hart
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Acknowledge and express your emotions

• Emotions need to be acknowledged, expressed appropriately, felt, and then ultimately released. If we do not take the time, and make the effort to process emotions in this way, they will eat away at our wellbeing. Amanda Harvey
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Practice equanimity

• All kinds of seemingly opposing things can come up—illness, death, disaster, terrorism, praise, success, and joy. Great equanimity means being at ease in the face of all these appearances. When nothing can affect our well-being, then we truly have a choice in life.  Candice O’Denver
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Practice relaxation techniques

• Practice relaxation techniques. A daily relaxation practice can help relieve symptoms of depression, reduce stress, and boost feelings of joy and well-being. Try yoga, deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, or meditation. Robert and Jeanne Segal
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Walk everyday

• Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Soren Kierkegaard
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Do yoga

• Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul. Amit Ray
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Trust your inner voice

• One of the first principles to honor in your relationship with yourself is to respect and trust your own inner voice. This form of trust is the way of the heart, the epitome of well-being. Michael Bernard Beckwith
• Inner wisdom,  Intuition

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Appreciate your life and what you have

• When you are appreciating, you are allowing Well- being. Abraham-Hicks
• Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy. M.J. Ryan
• Appreciation,  Gratitude

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Allow well-being to flow into your life

• There is not a stream of badness and a stream of goodness, or sickness or wellness. There is only a Stream of Well- The question that you’re wanting to ask yourself is, “In this moment, am I letting it in or not? Am I allowing it or am I not?”   Abraham/Hicks

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Don’t overlook the well- being that is easily available in your daily life

• In Buddhism, it is considered appropriate and helpful to cultivate and enhance our well-being. We often overlook the well- being that is easily available in daily life. Even taking time to enjoy one’s tea or the sunset can be a training in well- being. Gil Fronsdal

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Find balance and harmony between mind, body and spirit

• Mind, body, and spirit act in concert to determine health and well-being. Dr Carl Thoresen
• The part can never be well unless the whole is well. Plato
• The greatest art is to attain a balance, a balance between all opposites, a balance between all polarities. Imbalance is the disease and balance is health. Imbalance is neurosis, and balance is well-being. Osho
• Balance,  Mind, body, spirit connection

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Focus on the journey, not the destination

• It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment. Sonja Lyubomirsky
• Life is a journey

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Anchor yourself in virtue

• Just as well-being needs to be anchored in strengths and virtues, these in turn must be anchored in something larger. Just as the good life is something beyond the pleasant life, the meaningful life is beyond the good life. Martin Seligman
• A virtue is a characteristic of a person which supports individual moral excellence and collective well-being. Wikipedia
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Cultivate the habit of good deeds

• In Zen Buddhism an action is considered good when it brings happiness and well-being to oneself and others, evil when it brings suffering and harm to oneself and others. Thich Thien-An
• What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about “right” and “wrong,” or “good” and “evil,” and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important? Sam Harris
• Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being. Debbie Macomber
• Right action,  Goodness

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Build and use your strengths

• The well-being that using your signature strengths engenders is anchored in authenticity. Martin Seligman
• Strength,  Talent

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Stay clear of intense stress

• If you find yourself getting increasingly frustrated or tense in some situation, disengage and take a break before your head explodes. Staying out of “red zone” stress is a serious priority for your long- term health and well-being. Rick Hanson
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Don’t pursue short term pleasures and highs at the cost of your long term well-being

• We are driven to chase pleasure, but often at the cost of our well-being. Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D
• Although hedonic pleasures have their place, it is crucial that we don’t allow them to distract or discourage us from pursuing the deeper sense of well-being that only eudaemonic happiness can bring. When we pursue this kind of happiness, we reach beyond ourselves, moving from a mentality of Me toward an appreciation of We. In our experience, this is a process that begins when you find the courage to reexamine your goals and values, the patience to look for the meaning in what you do, and the inner strength necessary to live a life of purpose. Craig & Marc Kielburger
• We have already seen the importance of aiming not for intense positive moods but simply an increased frequency of moderately positive ones as the pathway to overall better wellbeing. Raj Persaud
• Pleasure,  Addiction

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Let go of negative people in your life

• Letting go of negative people doesn’t mean you hate them, it just means that you care about your own wellbeing. Every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive.  Marc and Angel Chernoff
• Negativity,  Surround yourself with positive people

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Let go of complaining and criticising

• Complaining should happen infrequenlty; criticism and gossip, never… Most of the complaining we do is just a lot of “ear pollution” detrimental to our happiness and well-being. Will Bowen
• Complaining,  Criticism

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Let go of your obsession with getting everything done

• If you’re obsessed with getting everything done, you’ll never have a sense of well-being! In reality, almost everything can wait.   Richard Carlson
• Busyness,  Haste

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Let go of your ego

• The voice of the ego continuously disrupts the body’s natural state of well-being. Almost every human body is under a great deal of strain and stress, not because it is threatened by some external factor but from within the mind. The body has an ego attached to it, and it cannot but respond to all the dysfunctional thought patterns that make up the ego. Thus, a stream of negative emotion accompanies the stream of incessant and compulsive thinking. Eckhart Tolle
• Egolessness is a state of mind that has complete confidence in the sacredness of the world. It is unconditional well being, unconditional joy that includes all the different qualities of our experience. Pema Chodron
• Transcending the ego

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