Intellectual health relates to stimulating the brain and challenging yourself. It is important to encourage your family to learn or practice new skills as this will help them strengthen their intellectual health. In addition to increasing concentration and mental health, intellectual health can help develop coping skills to deal with life’s challenges.

• Play a board game
• Do a puzzle
• Read a book

Physical health is probably the dimension we are most familiar with. Physical health relates to eating well, being physically active, and sleeping well. It is important to encourage these practices in your family so that you can maintain the physical health of your body and avoid injury or illness. 

• Get enough sleep
• Eat healthy, balanced meals
• Drink enough water
• Get active

Emotional health relates to our thoughts and feelings. It is accepting our emotions and being aware of how we feel. It is important to reinforce for children that their emotions are valid because they feel them. It is crucial to allow yourself and the children in your care to feel emotions and express them in a healthy and positive way. Promoting emotional health in your home can be as simple as providing a supportive space to communicate feelings and modelling healthy ways to cope with emotions. 

• Talking about your emotions
• Identifying your emotions
• Journal or draw your emotions

Social health relates to your connections with others. Making connections is an important part of wellness. It doesn’t mean we need to have countless friends and loved ones. It is more about quality rather than quantity. At home, it is important to foster healthy connections between children and their friends as well as other family members. In addition, it is also important to be aware of your relationship with your child and consider how this relationship contributes to their social health.  

• Plan quality time with loved ones
• Have a family game night
• Support loved ones with their hobbies

Spiritual health is about connecting with yourself. It relates to searching for meaning and purpose. Spiritual health can also relate to seeking connections between yourself and your environment. It is important to foster your own spiritual health as well as your child’s. Promoting mindfulness can be a way to increase spiritual health. 

• Meditate or practice relaxation techniques
• Think about what is important to you
• Connect with nature

Environmental health relates to your surroundings. This is your home, your living space, and the environment around you. It is important to foster environmental wellness as this promotes respect for our environment and our interactions.

• Clean up your space
• Recycle
• Pick up garbage
• Donate items you no longer use

Occupational health relates to the enjoyment and fulfillment that you experience through your job. This could be taking care of your family, attending classes, or your job. Occupational health also relates to the balance between work and leisure that you experience in your everyday life. This means that it is paramount that you find an occupation that you feel suits your skills and talents as well as practice self-care habits that support work/life balance. 

• Research things that interest you
• Take a class
• Volunteer or get a job in a field that interests you