8 Dimensions of Wellness
Get a personalized visualization of your current wellness,
including ways to improve in any area.
Use the wellness journal prompts to reflect on your progress.
Goal Setting:
- Seek open mindedness for new experiences and learning opportunities everyday
- Strive for academic success
- Explore your creativity
- Love to Learn!
YC Resources:
- YC library
- Explore your degree path
- Learning Center Tutoring
- YC Arts and Music Classes
- Spanish Cafe (YC Library)
Other Resources:
- Prescott Center for the Arts
- Duolingo (Language Learning App)
- Crossword Puzzles App – Lots of other free options online
- Prescott Library Culture Pass - Free Admission to Museums, Zoos and Cultural institutions
- Listen to Podcasts - Find podcasts that relate to your interests, field of study or current news!
Goal Setting:
- Create and maintain healthy relationships
- Practice the art of making new friendships
- Surround yourself with a supportive network of people who you trust and understand you
- Connect with social groups in your community
YC Resources:
Other Resources:
Goal Setting:
- Increase your awareness around major/career options available to you
- Seek a career that is fulfilling, and you are passionate about
- Create short- and long-term goals to work towards your career
- Develop useful job-related skills such as organization, communication etc.
YC Resources:
Other Resources:
- Explore Careers
- Resources and Skill Assessment
- Yavapai @ Work – NACOG
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – Occupational Outlook Handbook
Goal Setting:
- Contributing to the greater good of our world
- Develop concrete values, ethics and beliefs
- Reflect on the world and life experiences
- Develop a sense of meaning or purpose in life
YC Resources:
Other Resources:
- Stop Breath Think App
- Meditation for Beginners
- Connect with Nature
- Links to Free Workshops, Support groups, Podcasts and Other Resources
Goal Setting:
- Understand your body
- Make conscious decisions about what you put into your body
- Feel comfortable with your physical appearance
- Create a healthy relationship with physical activities and exercise
- Maintain healthy sleep habits and schedules
YC Resources:
- YC Fitness Center and Group Exercises
- YC Pool
- YC On-Campus Trail
- YC Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Recovery Support
- YC Strong Foundations – Help Applying for Health Insurance
Other Resources:
- Physical Wellness Toolkit
- Tips for Starting Physical Activity
- Nutrition Basics
- Healthy Sleep
- Positive Body Image
Substance Abuse Resources
- Arizona Treatment Finder
- Millions of Americans have a substance use disorder. Help is available." findtreatment.gov
- Local Resources
- AA Prescott: 928-445-8691 www.prescottaa.org
- Cottonwood 928-646-9428 www.centralmountain.org
- Al Anon www.al-anon-az.org
- NA Countywide locations: www.arizona-na.org
- NA Verde Valley locations: Verde Valley locations www.vvana.info
Goal Setting:
- Develop and maintain honest relationships
- Develop skills to handle fear, anger, frustration and other stressful emotions
- Become comfortable with feeling uncomfortable
- Be attentive to both positive and negative feelings and understanding these emotions is a significant factor to a healthy life
YC Resources:
Other Resources:
- HealthyMinds App - Meditation and Wellbeing
- MindDoc App - Wellbeing and Mood tracker
- National Institute of Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Self-help: Mental Health Screening tools
- Mental Health Self-Help Resources
Crisis Support:
- TERROS Crisis :1-877-756-4090 (counseling services free to YC students)
- SPECTRUM CRISIS: 928-634-2236
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or text “Start” to 741-741
- The Trevor Lifeline (Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth) 1-866-488-7386
- Veterans’ Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
- En Espanol suicide hotline 1-888-628-9454
Goal Setting:
- Manage, save and budget money can help reduce stress, anxiety and fear
- Develope a budget that works with you to help you save money
- Creating short- and long-term financial goals to work towards
- Understand where to go to ask or help around budgeting and saving money
YC Resources:
- Learn more about scholarships
- YC Financial Aid
- Strong Foundations – Student Basic Needs and Financial Support
Other Resources:
- Budgeting Tips and Tricks
- How to Save Money
- Mint - Free budgeting app that links with your bank and other online transactions
- You Need A Budget - Budgeting App – Free for one year for college students
- Free Financial Courses and Information - create an account under the “Other Learners” icon
Goal Setting:
- Create mindfulness about your environment
- Structure an environment that fits your needs
- Reduce your ecological footprint
- Learn to be aware and appreciative of our limited natural resources
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Other Resources: