Scottie
Smith
April
26, 2014
Creating
Wellness: unit 9 Project
The
unit nine projects is an opportunity for you to create a plan that applies
concepts you have learned regarding holistic/integral health. The plan is
created to foster growth and health spiritually, physically, and
psychologically in your personal life.
Introduction:
Why is it important for
health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and
physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for
yourself?
It
is crucial for professionals in the health and wellness field to know what it
is they be talking about when it comes to explaining psychologically,
spiritually, and physically what health wellness is offering to the as patients
and as professionals. Like I always say that it is good to be able to talk a
good game, but the key question is can you as a person live it.
According
to (Elliot S. Dacher, 2006. p.167), when professionals implement integral
health in to their own lives, they “will come to know that the alleviation of
suffering and the ascent to human flourishing are more than ideas.” These
professionals will than want to end needless suffering to the best of their
ability and therefore, “the soul of medicine returns.”
I
would as a man I can really use help in all of these areas and I’m going to
start with spiritually, reason being I know that I could afford threw out the
course of my day to give god more of my time, but yet I can’t understand why I
haven’t yet. The next area that I could use some help in psychologically,
because even though I’m receiving meditation help in that department
occasionally I be having a lot of mind chatter going on with in my head
sometimes. Last of all physically I still use help in this department even
though I’m not real big I can still use some toning up and not only that good
physical exercise is good anyways, because it can be good for your health.
II.Assessment:
How
have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness
spiritually, physically, and psychologically?
There
are several exercises and/or processes which will successfully assess an
individual’s need for psychological, spiritual and physical improvement.
According to (Elliot S. Dacher, 2006), a mini meditation exercise “can be quite
powerful in expanding your mind and heart. It can serve as an antidote to anger
and hatred. It can help to shift your focus from personal love to universal
loving-kindness.” (p.93) According to (Elliot S. Dacher, 2006. p.115), an assessment
process can also be completed by asking a series of questions. Five questions
which may focus on healing and promoting integral development are:
1. “What aspect of my
life-psychospiritual, biological, interpersonal, or worldly- is the source of
difficulty and suffering?” (HEALING)
2. “What line of
development is most essential for me at this time?” (HEALING)
3. “What is my current
level of development and what can I aim for.” (HEALING)
4. “What area of my
life is ready for growth and development?” (PROMOTING)
5. “What would the next
level of development look like?” (PROMOTING)
How
do I rate myself psychological about a 6
at least, and how do I rate myself spiritually I give myself a 5, because there
are times where I can give the god that I serve more of my me time. Physically
I rate myself a 6, because I need to stop being lazy at times.
III.Goal
development:
List at least one goal
you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and
Spiritual.
The
goal in which I had set for myself in all of these areas speaking physically to
start walking about 3x a week and at 20mins out of each of these days. My goal
psychologically is to meditate at least 30mins a day twice a day 7 days a week
that can really help my mind chatter. My goal spiritually is just to surrender
my life to the god I serve.
IV.Practices
for personal health:
What strategies can you
implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical,
Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or
practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
The
strategy that I can implicate with in my domains starting with psychologically
would be increasing my meditation exercises by the week for my mind chatter.
The strategy that I would implicate for my physical domain if I could stop
being so lazy is to motivate myself every day to get up and out for my 20mins
walks every day. Spiritual domain is to stop playing and just give god his time,
and to stop looking around to see who coming with me or staying at home.
V.Commitment:
How will you assess
your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can
you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and
wellness?
In
order to successfully achieve my goals to acquire optimal health and experience
human flourishing, I will need to evaluate my progress on a regular basis. One
strategy that I can use to accomplish this task is to keep a daily diary of
progress levels. If certain levels appear to be lower than others, I can
implement new processes which foster further growth in these areas.
After
a few months of monitoring these levels of progress, I’m confident that I will
be able to experience a balance between my psychological, spiritual and
physical health. Once this balance is obtained, I will then try to ensure that
this evaluation process remains a regular part of my daily life.
Reference
Dacher,
E. S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA:
Basic Health Publications
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