Learning for Wellbeing

Alan White
Wellness Consultant
EazySAFE
The concept of lifelong learning is something that many of us have heard of but few have embraced. For a lot of people, the completion of formal education was a transition from a life phase of learning to one of career and work.

Although employees engage with Continuous Professional Development, many see it as an obligation rather than an opportunity to enhance skills and knowledge and grow, both professionally and personally.
When it comes to our overall sense of wellbeing. Learning is one of the biggest factors in helping us to maintain a positive mind-set. The key difference between formal education and chosen learning when we are older, is that when we choose to engage with a course or mentoring programme, we have a sense of control and purpose when we decide to gain new knowledge and skills.
One of the biggest barriers to potential in formal education is that many young people feel they lack the choice to pursue areas that interest them and that they are obligated rather than motivated to attend school or university in order to attain a good career and therefore standard of living. When we decide to continue learning as adults we often have the choice to pursue areas that we are interested in which gives us a sense of focus, purpose and motivation. When we are working towards a goal like this we are at our best and our sense of wellbeing improves.
