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Personal wellness for many individuals has been routinely affected over the past year due to the constant developments of the pandemic, racial injustice, and political turmoil. The physical, emotional, and mental toll this has taken on people is seen in news headlines across the country. The purpose of this conceptual article is to highlight the categories of wellness within the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (IS-Wel), discuss the various ways the pandemic has affected those areas of wellness, and offer ideas on working with clients using the IS-Wel areas of wellness. Helping professionals should be prepared to work with their clients across multiple facets of their personal wellness by being informed about the effects of current events and strategies they can implement to improve on specific areas of wellness.