P.I.E.S.S. Model

P.I.E.S.S. stands for Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual health.

Physical Health can be defined as an essential part of overall health of an individual. That means that you can do a physical activity and have extra energy to do something unexpected.

Intellectual Health is the creativity, general knowledge, and common sense of a person.

Emotional Health is the positive sense of well-being which enables an individual to be able to function in society and meet the demands of everyday life.

Social Health is your ability to form satisfying interpersonal relationships with others. It also relates to your ability to adapt comfortably to different social situations and act appropriately in a variety of settings.

Spiritual Health is having compassion, the capacity for love and forgiveness, altruism, joy, and fulfillment. Your religious faith, values, beliefs, principles, and morals define your spirituality.

P.I.E.S.S. Questionaire

Physical

1) How do feel about your physical self? I love my body/I’d like to change my _______?
2) What are your goals around your physical health?
3) What are your biggest obstacles in achieving your goals?
4) What is one thing you can start today to get closer to your goals?

Intellectual

1) Are you stimulated intellectually? If so, how?
2) Do you consciously work on your intellect to improve your life? Read, take courses, etc.
3) Is there something new you want to learn or something you want to improve upon? i.e., learn
Spanish, learn a new program for work?
4) Is anything getting in the way of your intellectual improvement/goals?

Emotional

1) How do you feel right now? Happy, mad, sad, fear, shame/guilt
2) How do you express yourself emotionally?
3) How do you numb out emotionally? Why?
4) What do you want for connection with self in terms of emotion?

Spiritual 

1) Do you pray or meditate?
2) Do you believe in a higher power?
3) Are your current beliefs different than your upbringing?
4) Would you consider your daily routine to have a spiritual practice?
5) Do you want to connect deeper with Spirit?

Social 

1) Is it important to you to connect with other people socially? Why or why not?
2) What do you do for fun and with whom?
3) Do you feel you have a trustworthy person or group of friends to rely on when necessary?
4) Do you want more of a social life? If yes, how can you get that? Gym membership, MeetUP,
Church, MKP?