What in the Wellbeing?
O riginally I had planned to write a blog post covering the subject of well-being but when I started planning it out I realised it was such a rich subject area that this may need to be a series of posts! This first post however aims to take a general look at well-being and how we can help ourselves recognise what obstacles we, albeit unintentionally, may put in its way. As a concept or buzz-word ‘Well-being’ has become more popular and pervasive today than ever. Some universities offer well-being weeks to new students 1 , some housing associations are making plans to help improve their resident’s well-being 2 and even mobile apps claim to be able to strengthen your well-being 3 . The Japanese government has started to use indicators such as Gross National Happiness alongside the tradition GDP to show the value they are putting on their resident’s happiness 4 . Personally I have myself previously enjoyed working with a learning disabled client group at a local Well-being