At Anytime Fitness, we believe that The Hand of Wellbeing can be used to explore the complexities of wellbeing. Simply put, we understand that there are several influences that can affect your overall health.

The Hand of Wellbeing is a tried and tested assessment technique which combines both a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Creative approach to explore these areas.

The model uses both CBT interventions and Creative Expressive techniques to engage the participant in a journey of facilitated transformation and expression. The hand of wellbeing consists of six areas:

Work / life Balance Recovery / Sleep Exercise Nutrition Mental Wellbeing Family & Social Environement
Work / Life Balance

Work/Life Balance

This is an important aspect of a healthy work environment. Maintaining a balance helps reduce stress, increases productivity, improves self esteem and overall mental health and wellbeing.

Recovery/Sleep

This plays a vital role in health and wellbeing throughout your life. During sleep, your body works to support healthy brain function and maintain your physical health. Getting enough quality sleep at the right times can help your mental and physical health and overall quality of life.

Exercise

Being active is not only great for your physical fitness, but it can also improve your mental wellbeing. Evidence suggests that there’s a link between being physically active and positive mental wellbeing.

Nutrition

Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases and promote your overall health.

Mental Wellbeing

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. Being aware of mental health and highlighting triggers can help determine how to handle stress, relate to others and improve our lifestyle to limit mental health issues.

Family & Social Environment

Finding enjoyment with your support network. Having likeminded people, friends and family around you will keep you motivated and help you make the necessary changes.

The Hand of Wellbeing tool has been devised for use as an assessment and framework for development in group and individual therapy but also has huge potential as a tool for early intervention.

We believe that maintaining a healthy lifestyle includes a focus on both fitness and mental health aspects.

#HOWbyAF

We’ve prepared this video to introduce you to the hand of wellbeing and our #HOWbyAF series. The videos from this series can be found in all our wellbeing sections and our social media pages. We’re always adding new episodes, so if there’s a particular topic you’re interested in or would like an in depth answer to any wellbeing question, make a request and you’ll soon see it added.