151+ ‘Well-being’ Writing Prompts
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Empathy Exercise
Choose a person you struggle to understand or get along with, and write a narrative from their perspective.
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Weathering Emotional Storms
Describe a challenging emotional situation that you faced in the past. How did you cope with it and what did you learn from it?
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Understanding Forgiveness
Write a letter to someone you feel wronged by, expressing your feelings but also extending forgiveness.
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Thankful Reflections
List three things you’re extremely grateful for at this moment and explore why.
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Underappreciated Heroes
Write a narrative from the perspective of an underappreciated employee finally receiving recognition on Employee Appreciation Day.
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Healthcare Heroes
Narrate an instance where a healthcare professional made a significant impact on your life.
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Chronicling Illness
Write how a disease or illness has impacted your life or the life of someone close to you.
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Mapping Emotional Geographies
Write about a place that profoundly impacts your emotional state and explain why.
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Tyrant King
Build a villainous monarch who exploits his people and causes turmoil across the kingdom.
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Double Life
Write about the toll of maintaining a false identity on an undercover agent’s mental health.
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Energies of Equilibrium
Write a personal narrative piece detailing how you balance conflicting demands in your life, inspired by the equal day and night during the March Equinox.
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Elevating Everyday Gratitude
Pick a random, everyday item from around your house and give thanks for it.
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Reviving Frozen Memories
Bring back a happy winter memory from your past and analyze how it influences your current wellness perspective.
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Embracing Winter Solitude
Reflect on your experiences of spending time alone in winter and how it affects your well-being.
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Letters To The Future
Imagine you’re writing a letter to a future generation, describing the sustainable lifestyle changes you have made.
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Spring Cleaning of the Mind
Write about how you will declutter your mind and the positive mental health practices you wish to adopt.
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Sowing Seeds of Well-being
Write about three wellness goals that you’d like to achieve by summer and detail how you plan to achieve them.
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Blooming into a Healthy Routine
Write about establishing a new health or fitness routine this spring.
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Farmer’s Market Jaunts
Recount a memorable visit to a farmer’s market during the late-summer season.
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Natural Inspiration
Pick an aspect of nature you observe daily and elaborate on how it contributes to your well-being.
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Poe Reimagined
Write a contemporary version of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”, focusing on mental illness.
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The Year-End Gratitude Log
Pen down people, experiences, or things for which you are grateful this year.
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The Feast of Self-Love
Write about Valentine’s day as a day devoted to self-love and treating oneself.
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Hope and Healing
Share your predictions about how our approach to mental health might change after enduring a global pandemic.
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Embracing Change
November signifies the transition from fall to winter – a time for change. Write about a significant change you want to make in your life.
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Seasonal Sensations
Document the changing of the seasons each month, and reflect on what each season brings to your emotional and physical wellbeing.
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Embracing Acceptance
Write about a moment when you fully accepted reality as it was without the desire to change it.
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Pandemic Realizations
Write about the most significant realization that you have had during the pandemic.
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Understanding MS
Write about your understanding of multiple sclerosis and how it affects an individual’s day-to-day life.
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Pathway of Peace
Write about what peace means to you and list ways you invite peace into your daily life.
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Winter’s Gratitude
Create a list of things you are grateful for this winter, including moments, people, objects, or feelings.
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Setting up Systems
Write about a system or routine you’ve implemented in your daily life and the difference it has made.
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The Ripple Effect of Resolution
Choose a personal New Year’s resolution and imagine the effects of its successful fulfillment on different aspects of your life.
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Lessons from Laughter
Describe a moment of laughter from the past year that still brings a smile on your face.
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Pledge of Self-Love
Generate a list of personal commitments you’re making this Valentine’s Day to nurture your self-love.
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Valentine for Yourself
Write a love letter to yourself, focusing on qualities you appreciate and moments of strength you have displayed.
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Daily Deeds of Love
List actions you take every day to express love for yourself and discuss how they impact your overall well-being.
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Community Caretaker
Describe someone in your community who helps others and makes your neighborhood a better place.
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AI Caretakers
Envision a society where Artificial Intelligence is tasked with looking after human’s emotional well-being. Write about the implications.
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Emotional Inventory
Write about the emotions you’ve experienced in the past week and how each made you feel.
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Earthen Connections
Write about a meaningful experience you’ve had with the earth, whether it be gardening, hiking, or simply taking a moment to appreciate nature.
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Despair at Dawn
Depict a scene in which the break of dawn, typically a symbol of hope and renewal, brings despair during a zombie apocalypse.
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Touchstone of Tranquility
Describe a place, real or imaginary, where you find spiritual solace and peace.
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Appreciating Relationships
Dedicate a letter expressing gratitude to a person that significantly impacts your life.
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The Art of Hygge
Write a story about what Hygge – the Danish concept of comfort and well-being, means to you.
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Biodiversity’s Symphony
Describe a day in a biodiverse environment like a rainforest or a coral reef.
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Blurring Boundaries
Describe the difficulty in separating your work from your home life, and how it has affected you.
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Mapping Visions
Write to your future self detailing where you hope to be in life in five years’ time.
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Grateful Glance
Choose a person or an event from your life that you are thankful for and give reasons why.
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Guide to Aquatic Pokemon Care
Create a care guide for newly caught water Pokemon, detailing feeding, habitat, and training.
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Interstellar Paradox
Imagine a highly advanced civilization that has discovered a way to traverse at the speed of light, but also discovered dreadful consequences.
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Indulging in Self-Care Rituals
Record a description of your most cherished self-care routine and why it feels special to you.
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Redefining Personal Boundaries
Write about the boundaries you’ve set in your life in various capacities and whether they need redefinition.
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Apart from Me-Time
Narrate about a time when you practiced caring for yourself in the presence of others.
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The Rejuvenating Ritual
Reflect on one self-care ritual that rejuvenates you and delve into how and why it impacts you so greatly.
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Manifesting Positivity
Describe an ideal day in your life from the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep.
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Impact of Physical Health on Mental State
Write about how your physical health affects your mental well-being.
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Echo Chamber
Write about a situation when you tried to suppress a negative emotion and ended up making it worse.
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A Letter to My Future Healthy Self
Write a letter to your future self detailing the health goals you hope to achieve and the steps you’ll take to reach them.
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Your Healthy Habits Journal
Document your current health habits and how they contribute to your overall well-being.
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Leafy Reflections
Describe a memorable encounter or experience with nature during a hiking or gardening session.
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Juggling Act
Consider any current stressors in your work-life balance and explore ways to combat them.
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Work-life Balance
Evaluate your work-life balance. How do you separate your professional and personal life?
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Casting of Self-Love Shield
Describe an occasion where you successfully resisted external negativity using self-love.
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Thank You Note to Self
Write a note of thanks to yourself, expressing gratitude for the things you have done for your own well-being.
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Rediscovering Happiness
Note down one thing that made you extremely happy in the past week. Speculate on why it had such a strong influence and how you can introduce more of it into your life.
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Mapping the Pollution
Give an account of the negative influences or “pollutants” in your life and discuss how you can clear them out.
