The teacher who is not experiencing physical well-being is most at-risk for experiencing stress in the four other life areas (occupational, emotional, financial, and spiritual), since nutrition and sleep are our most basic life activities. If I am that teacher, I am locked in the negative feedback loop of feeling continually run-down, which in turn makes me increasingly less effective, which in turn makes me have to work harder to try to keep up, which in turn makes me feel continually run down, which… well, you get it.

If you’re not experiencing physical well-being, your hope lies in the reality that you have the power to develop, over time, eating habits that will dramatically improve how you feel and function. You also have the power to invest twenty minutes of your day into physical activities and sleep routines that will restore your energy levels and support each of the other areas of well-being.

Wellness Inventory Sample Questions: Physical Well-being