WELLNESS - WHY NOT?

FWR Asks:  What’s holding back Family Wellness?

Nothing makes more sense than working on wellness to keep fit, enjoy life and prevent many forms of illness. Despite the good sense of Family Wellness nobody is taking it seriously. All parents want the best for their children. Each of us has a couple of wellness ideas, why don’t we go for the right combination?

Here are some reasons why Family Wellness isn’t making it:

• While we try, families don’t think of family & wellness as a combination of the right things.


• Families are too rushed, so don’t take time to ask where wellness comes from.


• While we try to stay ahead of our problems - there is little evidence that we can.


• Family Wellness has yet to rise to the surface of family life education efforts.


• Family medicine is put ahead of family wellness.


• Most professionals are too specialized to consider the scope of family wellness.


• Nobody believes that Family Wellness is the way to the good life.

FWR Says:  Watching families miss the benefits of wellness is a source of sadness