As someone who works in healthcare, I have a firm grasp on the importance of physical wellness: being active, eating nutritious foods, and taking time for activities that support mental health so I can feel good now and in the years ahead. Spiritual wellness is newer to me. To me, being spiritually … [Read more...] about True Wellness: Johanna, Dietitian
True Wellness Project
What does it mean to you to be truly well?
We have invited some friends of Well Christian Woman to share what it means for them. We hope you will be inspired as we are!
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8
True Wellness: Hope, Student
Society today seems to be in the midst of an ongoing tension between promoting success at all costs and valuing self-care over self-discipline. In other words, the media tells us to work hard, hustle harder, and do whatever it takes to reach the top, regardless of what we may find when we get there… … [Read more...] about True Wellness: Hope, Student
What is True Wellness? Stephanie, Nurse
Two and a half years ago my world was shaken to its core. My youngest son died unexpectedly while away at camp. Every parent’s worst nightmare became my living one as each phone call came in telling me of his condition and death. What do you do in that moment? Who do you call out to? What hope do … [Read more...] about What is True Wellness? Stephanie, Nurse
True Wellness: Andrea, Mother
There is a vase of white tulips sitting on my dining room table. The petals, once folded in, are now open. But the flowers have started to droop, their green leaves curling and browning along the edges. I don’t think they’ll last much longer before I have to throw them away. It’s a truth of all … [Read more...] about True Wellness: Andrea, Mother
What is True Wellness? Betrayed, Anonymous
Betrayed My husband chose another woman over me. That’s not easy to say. It isn't easy to endure. It has been a stomach-twisting, tearful, vomit-inducing, insomnia-causing, depressing, heart breaking experience. After more than 20 years of marriage and children, this event has left me floundering. … [Read more...] about What is True Wellness? Betrayed, Anonymous
What is True Wellness? Andrea, Textile Artist & Designer
Growing up, there was a path set out for me: Work hard at school, do well at the things that have been set before you, go to university, start a career, get married, have kids, keep working hard and continue doing well at the things that have been set before you. The path looks like a dream -- the … [Read more...] about What is True Wellness? Andrea, Textile Artist & Designer