Wellness has been enhanced because I really never took the time to analyze it from
different perspectives or lenses. I honestly thought of wellness as being healthy or not.
I did realize how many other facets were intermingled throughout wellness. I thought
looking at history was really an important lens when analyzing wellness.
There are two current discussions that I feel will be important when we discuss wellness
in the future. I think as a society we will really need to start talking about food chains
and food sources. Grocery shopping is becoming very expensive but we don’t want to
make food that is not good for us. I think GMO will continue to be researched and
utilized in order to help the process, but I wonder if these types of food are good for us.
The second discussion that will continue to be important is mental health. How we are
mentally impacts so much of our lives, so continue discussions and education on how to
manage and cope with mental illness.
Analyzing body image was going to be pretty quick and easy, but realized that there is
so much more to it. The history, the cultures and how it can impact politics, society and
commerce. There is more to body image than just being fat or skinny. Taking a topic
and looking at it from all lenses makes you ask those critical questions which help you
get an even deeper understanding.
