The University of Michigan-Flint is committed to creating an environment that supports all studentsโ€™ health and well-being. UM-Flint students can access departments and staff members who provide academic, health, and extra-curricular support and guidance.

What is well-being? 

Well-being is the journey we take to care for ourselves, one step and one choice at a time. Itโ€™s how we appraise and feel about our lives, including success in school and all other aspects. Itโ€™s personal, family and friends, community, and beyond.

The University of Michigan Model of Well-being includes eight dimensions and offers resources that align with each dimension of Well-being.

Dimensions of Well-being: Physical, emotional mental, environmental, financial, occupational, social, intellectual and spiritual.

Dimensions of Well-being Defined

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Physical

The role that you take in maintaining your body for strength, vitality and energy.

Emotional Mental Well-being

Being aware and managing your feelings, being at peace with who you are, and having the tools you need to weather lifeโ€™s ups and downs.

Environmental Well-being

Reflects the impact your environment (home, school, city, planet) has on you and the impact you have on the environment.

Financial well-being

Your relationship with money and skills for managing resources, as well as your ability to make good consumer choices and seek out appropriate financial opportunities.

Occupational Well-being

The work you choose to do and how it contributes to your community and fulfills you.

Social Well-being

How you choose to define and connect with your community and the people around you.

Intellectual Well-being

Feeling stimulated and engaged with learning and staying open to new ideas and perspectives.

Spiritual Well-being

Your understanding of your place and purpose, how you make meaning of what happens to you, and what your mind goes to for comfort or relief.