The pursuit and nurture of wellness cultivates individuals who are “capable of meeting personal challenge and change,” and who bring strength to self and “others in the tasks of home and family life, social relationships, civic duty, and service to mankind.” (BYU Mission Statement).
Achieving wellness increases our ability to act as “disciples of Jesus Christ…motivated by love for God and His children” (BYU Brand). Seeking connection, growth, health and to fulfill our eternal purpose, we “do all things through Christ” (Philippians 4:13), and act beyond ourselves for the benefit of the world.
Highlights of University Research Benefiting Wellness
The Strong Youth Project has partnered with local coaches, physicians and athletic trainers to collect data on the physical wellbeing of athletes to prevent injuries. Players fill out a survey each night detailing the quality of their sleep, hydration levels, points of muscle pain and mental health. The information is then given to athletic trainers and coaches to strategically design workouts to meet the needs of their teams.
A new report finds that enduring connection in romantic relationships results more from the personal virtues and intentional efforts of the partners, than it does from spontaneous love and emotional spark.
In this Q&A, Merrill shares her decades of expertise and recent findings from her perfectly timed research (carried out with fellow BYU professor Beth Luthy) to help make navigating the cold and flu aisle at the store more manageable this winter.