Spiritual Well-being

As I reviewed the self-care literature, I noticed a number of words (or the equivalents thereof) that reappeared with some frequency. The appearance and reappearance of these same concepts, from one book to the next, was an early clue to their importance as areas for attention, both positive and negative. Most of these concepts reappear across several of the four components of well-being discussed in this report—emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual. Virtually all of them can be related (positively or negatively) to the state of our spiritual health.

The lists below are in alphabetical order, rather than in order of priority. They are included for easy reference at the beginning of the "Emotional Well-being," "Physical Well-being," and "Intellectual Well-being" sections as well. The positive concepts most relevant to each topic are highlighted and marked at the beginning of that section with an asterisk.