Let’s Talk Wellness

Wellness seems to be a big buzzword these days; our Instagram feeds are peppered with the wellness girly aesthetic, big fancy flourishes of gratitude, angel numbers, meditating, manifesting, matcha drinking, Pilates eras, and slow Sundays. Let me not kid myself, I love all of these things as much as the next girl. I'll be the first to get myself a little sweet treat in my matching set after a pilates class, but wellness can be so much more, and everyone, whether consciously or not, experiences different aspects of it in whichever way makes sense for their life.

Wellness to me has to involve the seven dimensions; Physical, Intellectual, Environmental, Vocational, Social, Emotional and Spiritual health. I don’t think people really talk about all of these individual aspects as much, but I think it's really important to start to allow ourselves the opportunity to romanticise all aspects. And that can sometimes mean that things are incredibly unaesthetic; maybe we’re unlearning bad habits, challenging toxic thought cultures, or navigating financial insecurities.

Debbie Stoewen writes about how people often link wellness to its physical attributes—food, exercise, weight, etc.—but in reality, in neglecting any of the other interdependent dimensions, we do ourselves a disservice. We’re also not looking for a perfectly equal balance of each but we’re striving for the harmony that works for us and our lives.

I think that everyone is at a different stage of their wellness journey, and some people may not even be on one (you may not even know you’re on one), but the only way to grow and develop is to talk and have conversations with others. Let’s be real, no one knows what they’re doing, life itself is entirely trial and error; we learn from our experiences, our mistakes, and from other people.

We’re at this stage in humanity where social media rules the roost so it can be difficult to navigate our own life and growth when we are constantly bombarded with what can appear to be this perfectly crafted lifestyle/aesthetic or a portrayal what wellness should be; what you should and shouldn’t be eating, how many days you should exercise, before and afters, how much money should you have in our savings, should we go travelling, move abroad, should you be meditating, how do you even journal? And why is everyone doing Hyrox?! It’s overwhelming.

We don’t all have the finances, knowledge, time, or capacity for that, and that’s where Daie comes in, to be a community where we can all navigate our growth together wherever we’re at, to romanticise our every day. And I think the most important thing is that we’re working towards that peace and harmony…that eudaimonia.