
Recently I had a conversation with someone from the Mental Health Foundation. I was looking for feedback about Beautiful Identities, and to discuss any support we may be able to give each other. I got a lot of helpful feedback, but we also had a really interesting conversation, which got me thinking about some of the concepts we discussed.
Flourishing is a term used by the Mental Health Foundation to describe a healthy and happy state of mind. It is note about being sick or not sick, but rather about your overall state of wellbeing. To flourish means to be living your life to its fullest. You can still be flourishing, even if you have a diagnosis. And you can fail to flourish, even if you have never experienced illness.
I think it is great to have a concept of wellbeing that sits outside the health/illness dichotomy.
What can you do to ensure that you are flourishing? Do you feel like you are flourishing, despite illness, or is this something you need to do further work on?
Flourishing is a term used by the Mental Health Foundation to describe a healthy and happy state of mind. It is note about being sick or not sick, but rather about your overall state of wellbeing. To flourish means to be living your life to its fullest. You can still be flourishing, even if you have a diagnosis. And you can fail to flourish, even if you have never experienced illness.
I think it is great to have a concept of wellbeing that sits outside the health/illness dichotomy.
What can you do to ensure that you are flourishing? Do you feel like you are flourishing, despite illness, or is this something you need to do further work on?