Chapter Eight

Biological, Monetary, and Environmental Wellbeing

hapter 8 explores the “+” in the PERMA+ model - the role of physical, financial, and environmental wellbeing in a flourishing life. Sleep, nourishment, movement, and security, nourishing environment aren’t add-ons; they’re core to our happiness. In The Biology of Wellbeing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body, participants tune into the body’s wisdom through body mapping, metaphor, movement, and guided visualization, learning to read the body’s signals and practice creative care. In Financial Health: The Currency of Care, financial wellbeing becomes creative inquiry. Participants personify their relationship with money, explore inherited beliefs, and reimagine stories of worth and safety through collage, expressive writing, and dialogue. In Holistic Wellbeing: Designing Sanctuary, the lens expands to our inner and outer environments. Participants explore how space - both physical and emotional - shapes wellbeing, using symbolic art-making, visioning, and sensory mapping to design more nourishing worlds.

Activities Include

Money Talks

Guided Visualization

Space Creation

Intuitive Self-Portraiture

Wellbeing Mandala

Benefits

·       Deepens mind-body awareness through creative embodiment

·       Supports physical and emotional regulation through somatic expression

·       Uncovers and reframes limiting beliefs

·       Reclaims physical and financial wellbeing as creative, compassionate practices

Promotes holisitic wellbeing