Physical, social, psychological, and spiritual

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Existential Well-Being: Finding Balance
in Your Life
Physical, social, psychological, and spiritual
Lorenz Duremdes, Polymath
Jan 30 · 3 min read
ll the information, I got from this course:
Existential Well-being Counseling: A Person-centered
Experiential Approach
Skip to main content This humanities course o ers you the
opportunity to explore what really matters in life and…
www.edx.org
The most important this course teaches you, is how to find balance in your
life via the following 4 existential domains: physical, social, psychological,
and spiritual. Let’s define them one by one.
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4. Physical
he physical dimension is essentially your body. Taking good care of
your physical health could promote your well-being and generate
positive moods more often.
Many people suggest exercising for at least 30 minutes a day and it doesn’t
even have to be high intensity.
Another benefit of physical exercise is becoming smarter by creating new
connections and brain cells:
How Exercise A ects Your Brain
You have probably heard people say something along the lines of "your
brain is like a muscle." That comparison…
www.scienti camerican.com
And of course, nutrition is another important component for developing the
physical dimension.
Social
he social domain includes the people around you, your friends,
perhaps your children, and even animals like dogs. Finding a good
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5. balance in the social existential domain is another component for
developing your well-being.
“A lack of social life has been associated with depression, and depression
has corresponding risks of high blood pressure, obesity and alcohol and
drug abuse.”
Source:
Your social life, or lack thereof, can a ect your health - Vital
Record
According to a nationwide survey, nearly half of Americans report feeling
alone or left out, and one in four Americans…
vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu
Psychological
he psychological domain is essentially your mental health. Your
habits, beliefs, thoughts, etc.
Developing your psychology can be done via mental exercises like
mindfulness or by simply reading a book how your mind works.
Mindfulness meditation training may help people unlearn fearful
responses
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6. Mindfulness meditation programs have shown promise for the treatment of
anxiety. Now, new research may help explain…
www.psypost.org
Spiritual
o the spiritual domain is a more complicated one to understand and
develop. It essentially contains things like your life goal, philosophy,
and understanding how reality itself works:
“For those who follow Nature everything is easy and straightforward, whereas
for those who fight against her life is just like rowing against the stream.” —
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
And:
“The path of Nature is straightforward.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Having an imbalance between these 4 existential domains can cause all
kinds of issues including an existential crisis. Overdeveloping a domain
relative to each other, on the other hand, can cause neglect of the other 3
domains too.
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7. Which existential domain do you think should be developed more to
promote your well-being?
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