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After compiling all the suggestions, there are 253(!) suggested ways to improve or maintain wellbeing across the nine types. Adding the explanation of the model brings the word count up to 6,480.
I suspect an index would be useful and this could run to around 1,050 words = about 7,500 words.
If I add some content about how to use the model and some of the extracts from the literature, including some of the nice pictures Shaz51 and others posted, that would bring the word count up to, say, 10,000 words.
An A5 booklet would have about 40 pages; A6 = about 80. I have an Australian A6 booklet called Avoiding Depression, by Gary Boucher (2016) which he privately published. It has 117 pp.
I have in mind posting the compilation to the web, too, and seeking further suggestions.
On the topic of whether there is a separate "mental wellbeing" my inclination is leaning that there isn't, and that mental wellbeing is a product of some, most or all, of the nine types of wellbeing. I'll post something separately about that.
I'll further separately post some ideas about how to make the proposed tutti frutti model easier to use.
I cannot emphasis how important it is to hear from other Sane members about your suggestions and your impressions of the proposed model. Your wisdom in terms of what has worked for you in terms of improving or maintaining wellbeing is crucial. There is a fair amount of information about wellbeing in the cloud but very little, relatively speaking, about what people have actually tried and found to have worked.
Sharing lived experience is good for the soul = spiritual wellbeing = suggestion 254?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
PS I have yet to go through the "Our coping toolbox" thread so there may well be more suggestions to follow.
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