UNLEASHING

WELL-BEING

Amy Rodquist-Kodet, MA
Wellness Specialist & Coach
UK Health & Wellness
IN SEARCH OF THE “GOOD LIFE”…

 a pleasure filled life

 a good life

 a meaningful life
So how do you measure a meaningful life?

PERMA: the building blocks of Well-Being

Positive Emotions

Engagement

Relationships

Meaning

Achievement & Accomplishment

 PERMA : POSITIVE EMOTIONS
 Positivity is the tool for more resilience and life
satisfaction. The building blocks for positivity are
joy, gratitude, interest, serenity, hope, pride,
amusement, inspiration and awe.

 Research shows that people who experience positive

emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative emotions
foster greater thriving.

??? : What’s your favorite way to feel? Do you know how

to cultivate those feelings regularly?

Start Here : Core Desired Feelings

 PERMA : ENGAGEMENT
 When we're truly engaged in a situation, task, or
project, we experience a state of flow: time seems to
stop, we’re optimally challenged, we lose our sense of
self, and we concentrate intensely on the present.

 The more we experience this type of engagement, the

more likely we are to experience well-being.

???: What’s your personal version of flow?

Start Here: 3 Good Things

 PERMA : RELATIONSHIPS
 We are "social beings," and good relationships are core
to our thriving. People who practice having
meaningful, positive relationships with others are
happier than those who do not.

 Research has shown that the greatest predictor of

happiness is meaningful relationships.

???: Who in your world is showing characteristics of

thriving?

Start Here: listen with curiosity

 PERMA : MEANING
 Meaning comes from serving a cause bigger than
ourselves.

 When you understand your "why", it's easier to take

hurts and frustrations of life and turn them into
pathways to meaning and life direction.

???: What is your reason for getting up in the morning?

Start Here: Create your personal mission

statement. {Gifts+Passion+Values = Calling}
PERMA : ACHIEVEMENT
 Our brains like to feel competent in something that’s
important to us. Achievement is mastering a skill,
accomplishing a valuable goal, or succeeding in some
competitive event.

???: What’s a micro goal you can make around your flow
activity? What would have to change in order to have
increased flow 2-3 times each week?

Start Here: UK Health & Wellness Site

 UNLEASHING PERMA
 Go with what moves you
 Daily practice
to big changes -
 Small micro movements lead
do what you say you’re going to do
 Experiment & get C u r i o u s
 Find a PERMA Partner
 Want to delve deeper? Join our
Unleashing Well-Being Practice Group
7 vibrant Mondays of Well-Being
 Feb.10th – March 31st
 12:10-1:00pm
 Studio 170 Lancaster Aquatic Center
 Limited to 12 supportive wellbeing
seekers ready to dig deep, practice daily
& thrive
DON’T ASK WHAT THE WORLD
NEEDS. ASK WHAT MAKES
YOU COME ALIVE, AND GO DO
THAT. BECAUSE WHAT THE
WORLD NEEDS IS PEOPLE
WHO HAVE COME ALIVE.
-HOWARD THURMAN