Healthy lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle is one based on maintaining physical, social and spiritual well being. Achieving a proper balance in these areas is generally considered to be the basis of preventing and managing disease. In health psychology facilitating the cognitive, emotional and behavioural changes to adopt this lifestyle is an important tool in the psychologists approach.

Physical aspects

 * Wieght loss
 * Proper nutrition
 * Appropriate exercise
 * Smoking cessation
 * Mindfullness
 * Stress management
 * Relaxation

Social aspects

 * facilitating and maintaining social support
 * Maintaining confidants
 * Maintaining family relationships