What is Wellbeing?
Looking after your wellbeing helps your mind and body feel their best.
Wellbeing means how you feel inside and out.
Sometimes:
- You feel great!
- You’re just about OK
- You can be a bit down and you’re not OK
- Sometimes your mental health can get to the point where it’s not OK at all and it’s important to get some extra support.
Wellbeing is about looking after your whole self — body, mind, and connections.
Wellbeing isn’t just about feeling happy all the time — it’s about balance, coping, and feeling like yourself.
Looking after your wellbeing helps you deal with stress, bounce back from challenges, and feel more confident about who you are.
Sometimes
- You feel great!
- You’re just about OK
- You can be a bit down and you’re not OK
- Sometimes your mental health can get to the point where it’s not OK at all and it’s important to get some extra support.
We all have ups and downs
Our wellbeing can change - sometimes in the course of a day or even sometimes in a few hours or minutes!
Ups and downs happen depending on what’s happening to us and around us.
Sometimes it can feel a bit like being on a rollercoaster!
Different things can affect our wellbeing
Some things can make us feel down...
Having a tough time at home
Having a tough time at school
Feeling lonely
The death of someone you love
Bullying
...other things have a positive effect on our wellbeing
Support from adults at home
Support from adults in school and the wider community
Friends and frienFriends and friendships
A sense of belonging in school
The 5 Ways to Wellbeing
The 5 Ways to Wellbeing are a great way to take care of our wellbeing day.
What is Resilience?
The things that protect our wellbeing and self-care strategies like the 5 Ways to Wellbeing help build our RESILIENCE.
Resilience means how we manage despite having tough times. Resilience is about you and all the things our families / schools / communities / people running the council and the government do to protect your wellbeing and deal with tough times.