Well-being emerges from your thoughts, actions, and experiences — most of which youhave control over. For example, when we think positive, we tend to have greater emotional well-being. When we pursue meaningful relationships, we tend to have better social well-being. Andwhen we lose our job — or just hate it — we tend to have lower workplace well-being. Theseexamples start to reveal how broad well-being is, and how many different types of well-beingthere are.Because well-being is such a broad experience, let's break it down into its different types.5 MAJOR TYPES OF WELL-BEINGEMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.The ability to practice stress-managementand relaxation techniques, beresilient, boost self-love, and generate the emotions that lead to good feelings.PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.The ability to improve the functioning of your body through healthylivingand good exercise habits.SOCIAL WELL-BEING.The ability to communicate, develop meaningful relationships with others,and maintain a support network that helps you overcome loneliness.WORKPLACE WELL-BEING.The ability to actively participate in a thriving community, culture, andenvironment.SOCIETAL WELL-BEING.The ability to actively participate in a thriving community, culture, andenvironment.To build your overall well-being, you have to make sure all of these types are functioningto an extent.Think of it like this: Imagine you are in a car. Your engine works great, and maybe yourtransmission works pretty well, too, but your brakes don't work. Because your brakes don't work,it doesn't really matter how well your engine works; you're still going to have trouble going aboutyour life.The same is true for your well-being. If everything else in your life is going great, but you feellonely, or you're eating unhealthfully, other areas of your life will be affected, and you likely won'tfeel as well as you want to.Because each part of well-being is important to your overall sense of well-being, let's talkabout how to build each type of well-being: