Discover and Tune the Symphony of Wellbeing

“Wellbeing is about how you feel and think about yourself, your relationships, and your life. It’s a simple yet deep idea.”

The Tutti Frutti Book of Wellbeingoffers a refreshing and holistic approach to personal wellness. Explore the nine distinct types of wellbeing—environmental, social, financial, vocational, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, physical, and behavioural—each contributing to your overall sense of health and happiness.

In this guide, you’ll find:

• Practical tips and strategies: Explore 320 actionable suggestions for improving and maintaining each type of wellbeing, grouped into themed sections for easy navigation.
• Inspiring analogies: Understand how the interconnected dimensions of wellbeing work together, like the harmonious sections of an orchestra or the essential parts of a well-tuned car.
• Personal stories and experiences: Learn from real-life examples and testimonials that highlight what has worked for others on their wellbeing journeys.
• Interactive elements: Engage with exercises and reflective prompts designed to help you apply the concepts to your own life.

Whether you’re seeking balance, resilience, or a deeper connection to yourself and the world around you, this book provides the tools and inspiration to create a vibrant and fulfilling life.

Walk the Tutti Frutti journey and nuance every flavour of wellbeing for a vibrant you!

The term "wellbeing" was partly inspired by the preamble to the World Health Organization's 1948 constitution, which stated, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

In the 1970s, Dr. Bill Hettler from the University of Wisconsin developed a six-factor model of wellness, now widely known as the dimensions of wellness. The original dimensions included intellectual, emotional, physical, social, occupational, and spiritual wellness (Hettler BMD 1980, Wellness Promotion on a University Campus, Family & Community Health, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 77–95, 571 citations).

Since then, various organizations and researchers have integrated these dimensions into their health programs. For example, the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration added two more dimensions—environmental and financial—to the original six (see: Learn the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2016, https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma16-4953.pdf; and Swarbrick M 2006, A Wellness Approach, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 311–314, 314 citations).

Many universities have incorporated these dimensions of wellness into their student care programs.

While the terms "wellbeing" and "wellness" are often used interchangeably, wellness has become associated with pseudoscience due to its origins in alternative medicine, the influence of commercial interests, and the broad, often vague claims made under its banner. In contrast, wellbeing is the central focus of positive psychology, which aims to discover the factors that contribute to human well-being.