wellness

Wellness

90 ESL discussion questions about wellness for all levels, focusing on health, mind/body, diet, exercise, and self-care.
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A1 Level – Elementary

1. Do you feel healthy?

2. What is a good sleep?

3. Do you like sports?

4. What is a happy mood?

5. Do you eat vegetables?

6. What is a clean house?

7. Do you feel stressed?

8. What is a deep breath?

9. Do you take breaks?

10. What is a strong body?

11. Do you drink water often?

12. What is a simple joy?

13. Do you like quiet time?

14. What are three things that help your wellness?

15. Do you think wellness is important?

A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate

1. What is the difference between physical health and mental health?

2. Why does exercise make you feel better?

3. What are the good things and bad things about health tracking apps?

4. How can a person manage small daily stress?

5. Should all workplaces offer exercise or yoga classes?

6. Why is it important to spend time outside?

7. Do you think wellness is mainly about your diet?

8. What is the purpose of a good self-care routine?

9. How does technology (social media) affect your feeling about your body?

10. What is the difference between feeling tired and feeling depressed?

11. Do you think wellness is a goal for rich people only?

12. What are the problems when people rely too much on quick fixes (like supplements)?

13. When is the best time to start a new healthy habit?

14. What are two things that help your mind and two that help your body?

15. How does a lack of wellness affect job performance?

B1 Level – Intermediate

1. What are the rules for politely asking someone about their health habits?

2. How does the culture of a country change the idea of what “wellness” means?

3. Should the government provide financial help for gym memberships?

4. What is the difference between traditional medicine and holistic wellness?

5. Do you believe that wellness is a personal responsibility, not a public one?

6. What are the challenges of finding time for wellness when you have a busy job?

7. How does the focus on thinness affect people’s overall health goals?

8. What is the idea of “mind-body connection”?

9. Is it fair or unfair when some companies offer wellness benefits and others do not?

10. How does a lack of financial stability affect mental wellness?

11. What are the steps for properly creating a realistic weekly exercise plan?

12. What is the value of spending time on non-competitive, relaxing activities?

13. Should public media promote wellness ideas that are easy and cheap?

14. What are the reasons why some people feel ashamed to talk about mental health?

15. How does the modern concept of wellness compare to ancient ideas of health?

B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate

1. What are the social pressures to buy expensive wellness products (smoothies, retreats)?

2. What are the moral problems when companies use wellness programs to collect data on employees?

3. How does constant social media content affect people’s satisfaction with their own bodies?

4. Should health insurance companies offer discounts to people who prove they live a healthy life?

5. Analyze the psychological effect of trying to achieve an impossible standard of “perfect” wellness.

6. Who is responsible for finding new ways to treat mental health problems in the workplace?

7. What is your view on the practice of using extreme diets for quick weight loss?

8. Evaluate the role of the global wellness industry in promoting unrealistic goals.

9. How does the economic pressure to work constantly affect the time available for self-care?

10. Discuss the concept of “toxic positivity” (forcing yourself to be happy).

11. What are the problems with having very different standards for wellness in different cultural groups?

12. What are the legal differences between a wellness coach and a medical doctor?

13. Do you agree that the purpose of wellness is mainly to make you a more productive member of society?

14. What steps should be taken to ensure that wellness programs are accessible to people with disabilities?

15. How does the historical idea of separating the mind and body affect modern health care?

C1 Level – Advanced

1. Is it fair that access to good food and green spaces is often determined by wealth?

2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to ensure environmental factors support public wellness?

3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of health advice people are shown (e.g., extreme diets)?

4. When should the government consider mandatory mental health breaks for all high-stress workers?

5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using genetic data to predict a person’s future health risks?

6. How does the focus on individual wellness affect the community’s responsibility for collective well-being?

7. Discuss the impact of major financial crises on the public’s mental and physical health.

8. How should leaders use knowledge about wellness to design healthier cities and workplaces?

9. What is the idea of “social determinants of health” and how does it challenge individual responsibility?

10. What are the long-term effects on society when the cost of achieving wellness is too high for most people?

11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a company caused an employee’s illness due to stress?

12. How does the search for total personal optimization conflict with the natural process of aging and illness?

13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the equal access to wellness resources, not the individual outcome?

14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they have strong feelings about another person’s body size?

15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of mental health sick leave every worker must receive?

C2 Level – Proficiency

1. What is the real difference between a person’s subjective feeling of wellness and objective medical data?

2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of the private wellness industry and nationalize all health services?

3. How does the concept of “self” change when a person is constantly tracking and trying to improve all biological functions?

4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use emotional data (mood, stress) collected from users?

5. How do historical views of suffering and stoicism affect modern societal acceptance of pain and stress?

6. How can communities maintain social support when people’s focus is entirely on their own individual health goals?

7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control the aging process and accept the natural decline.

8. What protection should laws give to workers who are penalized for not participating in corporate wellness programs?

9. How can we stop the problem of using wellness trends to promote excessive wealth and class division?

10. What did old thinkers say about balance, moderation, and the good life that is still important today?

11. What will happen to the need for human doctors if AI can perfectly diagnose and treat all health problems?

12. How do people use the idea of “personal responsibility” to avoid discussing the systemic issues causing poor health?

13. How does the experience of supporting others through illness improve a person’s understanding of empathy?

14. What is the power of international health organizations to set global standards for mental and physical wellness?

15. If scientists could create a perfect cure for all mental and physical disease, how would that fundamentally change human ambition?

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