Wellness is a choice - a decision you make towards optimal health.
Wellness is a way of life - a lifestyle you design to achieve your highest potential for well being.
Wellness is a process - a developing awareness that there is no end point, but that health and happiness are possible in each moment here and now.
Wellness is the positive acceptance of oneself.
Wellness is the interaction of the body, mind, and spirit - the appreciation that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an impact on our state of health.
Adapted for J. Travis (1988). Wellness Workbook as cited in Healing the Caregiver. The Four Worlds Exchange, 1, (4), 16.