What does wellbeing mean to you? Are you thriving? How would you know?Renee Moorefield is a dear friend, a spectacular creator and a wise woman. She and business- and life- partner, David, have developed a groundbreaking assessment for wellbeing. Be Well Lead Well Pulse® is based on over thirty years of experience in the areas of wellness, change management and leadership transformation. In this conversation, we follow the thread that began in exercise physiology, winds through Renee’s own experience as a leader and has evolved into a very integrated way to assess wellbeing. At the center of the Universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.  - Black Elk  Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better in the sphere of our being as human. - Vaclav HavelFollowing A ThreadEarly in the interview, Renee tells us about a thread that has run through her life – ” a deep belief in our capacity to be well and to thrive”. Her thread runs like this:The journey begins with pursuing a degree in Exercise Physiology.We all have threads, how would you trace yours? In my view, a thread is closely tied to our life’s purpose.Wellness or Wellbeing?Wellness – as it is typically used in the U.S., refers to lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition, sleep, exercise, and even breath. But early on, as Renee shares in the interview, forward thinkers such as Halbert Dunn, M.D., Ph.D. were describing wellness in ways that included the ‘spirit of man’. I found an absolutely fascinating article written by Dr. Dunn; in it he says this about Knowing Thyself:“Psychology tells us through laboratory demonstrations that our perceptions of the outer world are indissolubly linked with the concepts and emotions fixed in our minds and body tissues. Without a knowledge of one’s inner self, understanding of the outer world cannot have breadth and depth. A mind tortured with prejudice, hate, and fear projects itself in distorted human relationships.”In reading about Dunn and the impact he had on the holistic wellness movement I’m reminded of all the shoulders we stand on.It’s easy to draw a line from High-Level Wellness, as he describes, to the effectiveness and impact of a person who is leading others.My favorite definition of wellbeing, a la Renee, is “our internal resourcefulness to meet the demands of our external world”. She adds another aspect to include how we are in relationship with others – that we exist in relationship.  These are both in line with how Dr. Dunn considered wellness in the 1950’s!Here’s what the Be Well Lead Well Pulse® measures. You can see how the aspects of wellbeing we discussed, plus more, are reflected:Thriving – your evaluation of your own wellbeing now, plus the optimism you hold for your future.Fuel – how you energize yourself physically, mentally and emotionally; this includes diet, movement, rest + breath.Flow – aka being in ‘the zone’; engagement, presence, mindfulness and the feeling of bringing value to your work.Wonder – continuously evolving your worldviews and perspectives with appreciation and awe; learning and...

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