The Wellness Office
Healthy Mind, Healthy Life
Understanding Wellness
Unsure of where to start on your wellness journey? Utilize this personal assessment to explore the dimensions where you excel and where there might be room for growth.
If your department or organization is interested in learning more, sign up for the Spheres of Wellness workshop!
The Wellness Office
The Office of Prevention and Wellness aims to support and uplift students through its focus on the 8 spheres of wellness. These spheres help facilitate a positive environment, full of resources and community, that encourage student growth and give them the capacity and opportunities to do so.
Explore more through the Greater Good Magazine with ten building blocks to individual and community well-being. Discover quizzes about the different traits and ways to promote wellness in your own life, leading to a “thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.”
Physical Wellness
Watching what you put into your body, how much activity you get, and your weight are important for keeping your body working properly.
Valparaiso University’s Student Health Center provides compassionate, high-quality, faith-based care to support students’ physical and mental well-being. From education and prevention to wellness services and routine care, our mission is to empower students to make informed health decisions and thrive throughout their academic journey.
Social Wellness
From the time you’re born, your relationships help you learn to navigate the world. You learn how to interact with others, express yourself, conduct everyday health habits, and be a part of different communities from those around you.
Relationships
Community Engagement
Media Usage
Spiritual Wellness
Beginners guide to reflective journaling
Emotional Wellness
Occupational Wellness
Financial Wellness
Intellectual Wellness
Environmental Wellness
What surrounds you each day in your home, work, or neighborhood and the resources available to you can affect your health. You can’t always choose what’s in the environments you live, work, or play in. But taking small steps to make your environments safer and limiting your exposure to potentially harmful substances can help keep you healthier.
Start Your Wellness Journey
Prevention and Wellness is the location of The Wellness Office, Victims Advocacy Services, Substance Use treatment and Peer Education.
Assistant Director of Prevention and Wellness Education: Natalie Muskin-Press