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Do It for the Plot Spotlight Series: Writing Your Wellness Story

Events

Welcome to the fourth annual Spotlight Series--a partnership between Notre Dame of Maryland University, Loyola University Maryland, and the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Serving both campuses and the broader Baltimore community, the series will highlight opportunities during the fall 2025 - spring 2026 academic year for engaged learning on eight dimensions of wellness: emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, occupational, environmental, and financial.

On-Campus Events

Events in Baltimore City & Maryland

Eight Dimensions of Wellness

Emotional: 

  • Understanding and respecting your feelings, values, and attitudes

  • Appreciating the feelings of others

  • Managing your emotions in a constructive way

  • Feeling positive and enthusiastic about your life

Physical:

  •  Caring for your body to stay healthy now and in the future

Intellectual: 

  • Growing intellectually, maintaining curiosity about all there is to learn, valuing lifelong learning, and responding positively to intellectual challenges

  • Expanding knowledge and skills while discovering the potential for sharing your gifts with others

Social: 

  • Maintaining healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you

  • Contributing to your community

Spiritual: 

  • Finding purpose, value, and meaning in your life with or without organized religion

  • Participating in activities that are consistent with your beliefs and values

Occupational: 

  • Preparing for and participating in work that provides personal satisfaction and life enrichment that is consistent with your values, goals, and lifestyle

  • Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding

Environmental: 

  • Understanding how your social, natural, and built environments affect your health and well-being

  • Being aware of the unstable state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment

  • Demonstrating commitment to a healthy planet

Financial: 

  • Managing your resources to live within your means, making informed financial decisions and investments, setting realistic goals, and preparing for short-term and long-term needs or emergencies

  • Being aware that everyone’s financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique