Wellness Through The Eyes Of African Women

Wellness to me is a variation of physical health, mental health and one’s attitude towards life.

Wellness for an African Woman represents keeping your sanity in the midst of chaos. Finding ways to stay in control inspite of uncertainty.

For me, wellness embodies not just physical and mental wellbeing but also spiritual, social and financial wellbeing.

Wellness holistically means a great deal to me . It’s all encompassing. From physical , mental, emotional and spiritual.

For me, wellness is my body feels good, I am energetic and healthy. I am eating balanced meals, sleeping enough and exercising.

Understanding holistic sexual wellness encourages me to be sex-positive and empowers me to make healthy choices that align with my values when it comes to dating, relationships, and sex.

I commit to exercising at least twice a week, I schedule regular time with friends and family to help me stay connected and fulfilled.

My biggest realization about wellness is that it is an action and not a state or being. One must continually work on it.

I do prioritise wellness by practising self-awareness and spreading positive thinking.

In my perspective, the one key benefit of achieving career wellness is that it supports career progression...

As an African woman, wellness is a concept that involves physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health

For me, wellness is the language I use to communicate gratitude, grace and love for my mind, body and soul.

Wellness for me as a Rwandese woman has been a journey I still am, something I consider as a lifelong journey.

To me, financial wellness is financial freedom. It's being able to meet all of my financial needs and have the choice to make decisions that I want rather than being forced into decisions and constrained by my finances.

Wellness wasn't a discussion from anyone around me or my community. I had to learn most things on my own.

I believe more in having a wellness mindset, rather than searching for wellness moments...

To me, the most important component of wellness is understanding yourself, your own, physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs which helps to live a balanced and content life.

Wellness to me is a complete state of wholeness. It is beyond being physically well. It includes my spiritual, mental and emotional wellbeing.

I try to eliminate stress, stay connected and positively contribute to friends and people in my community and treat myself from time to time.

Wellness is very important to me at the age of 60 and has been since I was 40. Being real and true to who I am called to be as a female Priest can be so difficult when so many people stereotype the life of a priest and often, I do not fit…

The notion of self-care is still something I am defining and one that I associate to wellness. I realized not so long ago that it is not something I knew how to do. I wasn’t thought to do that!

A healthy mind in a healthy body as they say! All must be well fed too to ensure you are positively motivated with life as this feeds your behavior, attitude and character.

I am not so much of a meditating type but I have recently learnt to take stock of how I feel. This has taught me to be kind and compassionate with myself, put me first.

I prioritize my wellness by practicing self love through prayer and prioritizing my physical wellness, spiritual wellness, socially wellness and above all by loving people because Love never fails.

Leaders must take responsibility for ensuring wellness in their organizations because it can nurture heightened levels of employee engagement and foster a workforce of people committed to achieving organizational success.

I have purposed to spend time with the people I care about and to truly love them. I am very intentional about this and it is working miracles.

I realized that I must take care of myself to achieve my goals and take care of others well. Then I started to enjoy it. The more I did it, the more I loved myself and my relations with others also improved.

I am a working mother of four and my first consideration to a perfect wellbeing, is keeping healthy so I work out a lot and live on a good diet.

In the past, I only saw a therapist for years which helped me, but slowly I started introducing more healthy habits....

I am very much aware of the fact that that I need to look after my body, for my sake and for my children's sake, because you are the by-product of what you put into your body....

Personally, I have been in that place where someone looks at me and says “Wow, she looks absolutely amazing, I want to be like her”. But they don’t know that I’m so empty and crashed on the inside.

I understood that no one was going to put me together, present me with happiness, health and peace. I had to do it myself...

Women as human beings have the right to enjoy life in its fullness. However, due to our role in the society, we tend to care more for others and neglect our wellbeing or to consider few aspects of our lives and don’t see our wellbeing in…

Life has taught me tough lessons over the past 22 months, I’ve had no choice, but to rethink my priorities in this regard, mainly were my health and mental health is concerned.

I have always been a perfectionist who wants things done a certain way with timelines and it would frustrate me if things did not go my way but I have learnt to be kind to me, forgive me, do my best and let the rule of nature to take its…

Mentally I avoid situations that drain me and slow down my thinking capabilities. I surround myself with a strong support system, whereby they do come in times when I may make mistakes in certain important decision making...

There is a myth that “taking care of your mind and body is a form of elite care that is only granted to the few” is far fetched from the reality. I believe that the well-being of women should be a necessity.

I have learnt that taking care of me is the most important thing to focus on because I can’t give what I don’t have...

I used to be stubborn and not listen to my body but now I trust the process that my body knows best when it’s time to pause.

It took me a while to realise how out of harmony I was mostly because I seemed to be flourishing career-wise. I knew something was off but didn't think too much of it....

I believe that wellness of a woman includes mental, spiritual and physical which means everything because it determines your stability, strength and how far you can go...

Wellness to me means placing a value on my personal wellbeing. Loving my present imperfect self and putting me first...

Wellness for me is about ALL of me; the physical, mental and spiritual. I always find there is peace in the balance of these three, especially when they are deliberately nurtured...

I prioritize at least 7 hours of sleep per night every chance I get, good nutrition - the ultimate body transformer, fitness, and quality time with family and friends.

I often tell women that if you don’t take care of yourself you can’t take care of those that matter to you. That can mean important relationships in your family but also in your business!

When you prioritize your wellness, you respond better to the pressures that life throws your way. It is complementary to who you are...