Wellness – an individual’s psycho-physical balance – is taking up an increasingly important role in the assessment of our quality of life. This trend is confirmed by the goals of the World Health Organization that is focused on helping “all populations achieve the highest possible level of health”, which is defined as “a state of total physical, mental and social well-being”, not merely “the absence of diseases or illnesses”.
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As Katherine Johnston, senior research fellow at the Global Wellness Institute (GWI), explains: “Our relationship with wellness used to be occasional in the past, but this approach is now changing and it is quickly giving way to a wellness-oriented mental state which encompasses many aspects of our daily life, ranging from diet to more attention to the well-being of both body and mind to reduce stress”.
Wellness intended as “living well” actually urges us on a daily basis to seek efficient solutions for the body and the mind, which are no longer perceived as luxury, but something necessary to live a healthy and satisfactory life.