1. It's that time of the year again and I want to wish you an amazing holiday season!  Thank you for being a frequent visitor of my site, for all your support in building a substantial traffic base in 2008, and for having shared this resource with your friends and family.  Happy Holidays & Be Well!

2. Its very exciting for me to introduce a new brand and new look to 'The Personal Growth Network'.  Just last week I introduced the new website with a sleeker interface, better navigation, and more features.  If you haven't visited http://i-grow.net within the past week - make sure to check it out!

3. I want to thank everyone for your outpouring of wonderful emails and blessings after sharing that we had a new son born in November.  He's been an amazing addition to the family and while my focus has shifted towards the newborn as of late, I am slowly getting back into a more steady routine of providing content again for my website.  Thanks for your support and patience during this wonderful time.

NEW ARTICLES AND PODCASTS

Here's the latest articles posted on The Personal Growth Network. Please post questions you have on the blog!

• Whole Person Wellness Part 2 – Your Career
• Whole Person Wellness Part 1 – Your Health
• The Six Components of Whole Person Wellness
• Growing a Blog Business – December 4, 2008
• The Best of the first 100 Personal Growth Articles
• Become a Master of Acknowledgement
• Book Review – The Stress Management Sourcebook
• Rebirth in Adulthood

As the year comes to a close, many of us use this time as an opportunity to assess what has happened in the previous year, and to develop a vision and set of goals for the next.  As you've probably heard, the #1 new years resolution is - you guessed it, is to become healthier.  Many of us want to lose weight, start exercising more, begin eating better, perhaps some people want to go one step further by beginning some mind/body practice like yoga.  

As good of an intention as these all are, we're far too often limited in our view of what 'Whole Person Wellness' is. Anyone considering a new years resolution to become more 'well' should first be clear for themselves what wellness means.  While we all know about physical, emotional and psychological health, what else should you consider as you draft your resolution for the upcoming year?  

The six components of Whole Person Wellness are Health, Career, Relationships, Personal Growth & Development, Finance, and Enjoyment.  If you'd rate any of these as less than satisfactory, it may be that your physical health would be better served by restoring your well being in one of these ancillary areas first.  You may be feeling that this will even be harder than going to the gym 3x/week.  Good - now you are getting to the root of the challenge you've been faced with and you're beginning to see what truly needs to be addressed to have success in attaining perhaps even your physical health goals. 

To learn more about the six components of whole person health read my full article here.  In this full article, I provide a series of coaching questions to support you in seeing clearly for yourself how you can use this list, it supports you in identifying where you can have the most significant impact as you craft your new years resolutions.  As always, please support this site by commenting on the blog post with your observations and questions you may have.  

Be Well

Written by
Doug Nau; MBA, Certified Life Coach
www.coachforwellness.com, www.i-grow.net
Professional Life/Wellness Coach & Consultant