Los Angeles: August 1, 2003. HealthWorld Online announces the release of the online WELLNESS INVENTORY, a pioneering "whole person" assessment program based on the work of John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., a founder of the modern wellness movement. In a world that offers little support for healthy lifestyles, the WELLNESS INVENTORY is designed to support individuals in increasing their state of wellbeing while promoting personal growth.
"Over the past 30 years, the term 'wellness' has become diluted and is now often equated with stress management, smoking cessation, fitness, and screening for health problems," states Dr. Travis. "Wellness is more—encompassing our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of being—an experience of aliveness that comes from your dynamic interaction with the world in and around you."
The program helps individuals to access their current state of wellness, determine their own achievable wellness goals, and create and implement a unique personal plan for wellness.
The program consists of "5 Steps to Wellness":
Step 1 - Take the Assessment: You are guided through a lifestyle assessment covering 12 dimensions of whole person wellness - from breathing, eating and moving to playing & working, communicating and sex.
Step 2 - Receive Your Scores: Upon completing the assessment you receive Wellness & Satisfaction Scores for each section as feedback on your state of wellness and the areas of your life you are most motivated to change.
Step 3 - Create Your Personal Wellness Plan: You are guided to create a Personal Wellness Plan of 10 action steps based on the areas you are most motivated to change. The action steps focus on the areas you are most highly motivated to make changes in your life.
Step 4 - Access Resources to Meet Your Wellness Goals: You are then directed to 12 Wellness Resource Centers to access resources helpful in meeting your wellness goals. The Resource Centers offer recommended reading, audio courses, videos, and products and services specific to the 12 areas of wellness.
Step 5 - Follow Up: Tools to Promote Ongoing Wellness The program is designed to keep you motivated in achieving your wellness goals. Regular wellness plan email reminders, "My Wellness Journal", and optional wellness coaching keep you focused on your goals.
"As a tool for promoting self-understanding and enhancing personal health and wellbeing, The Wellness Inventory plays a central role in HealthWorld's vision of Self-Managed Care," says HealthWorld President James Strohecker. "We are motivated to continue our mission of providing the pioneering work of innovators in the fields wellness, self-care and natural medicine to our loyal audience."
The WELLNESS INVENTORY is licensed by spas, corporate wellness programs, hospitals, HMOs, health professionals, coaches and consultants. Administrators will receive detailed, customized reports across different demographic groups, providing a powerful tool for profiling community or employee segments. For more information on licensing the Wellness Inventory, visit: www.WellnessInventory.net.
HealthWorld Online, established in 1996, is the world’s first and largest alternative health/healthy living Internet network, at www.healthy.net.
Contact:
Jim Strohecker
President
jim@healthy.net
310-823-9553
