I.Introduction:
It is important for health and
wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically because
they cannot successfully develop plans and assist patients if their mind, body,
and spirit are not intact. They cannot provide guidance on something they know
nothing about. To achieve the goals I have for myself I need to work on my
psychological development. My spiritual
and physical health is pretty good but my psychological health needs improvement
in the area of handling stress. I tend to stress a lot whereas my husband is a
casual go with the flow type person. I would like to be stress free like he is.
II. Assessment:
To assess my spiritual
health, I review my faith and religious beliefs. I pray daily and know that my
spiritual health is strong. My physical health was assessed by my workout
routine and physical fitness testing. My psychological health is assessed by
reviewing how well I handle stress and high thinking situations. In my
spiritual health and physical wellness I score high. My nutrition, fitness, and
spiritual relationship are all great. My psychological wellness needs some
work.
III. Goal development:
Physical goal: To get back
into 100% shape after I have the baby in September. I think being 30 weeks and
only gaining 16 lbs so far I have been doing great.
Psychological goal: To
meditate more and find a healthy balance between stress and a lot of activity.
Spiritual goal: To continue
to build my relationship with God and understand and convey his teachings and
word.
IV. Practices for personal
health:
To foster growth in the
physical domain, I will continue my daily walks and light weight lifting. I
will continue to go to the gym at least 3 times a week and focus on a healthy
nutrition and fight the pregnancy cravings.
To foster growth in the
psychological domain, I will continue to practice a couple of the meditation techniques
learned in class; loving kindness and meditation. The exercises are available
in the course textbook so I will be able to refer back to it in future. I will
implement the loving kindness meditation when I am feeling evil towards someone
or when someone uses me. I will use the meditation technique during those times
as well as when I am stressed. I have a lot of stressful situations in my life
and meditation has begun to help me handle the stress.
To foster my growth spiritually,
I will continue to attend bible study and church service weekly as well as read
the bible nightly and interpret it. Interpretation of the bible will help me
understand my purpose in God’s eyes and bible study is a time I get to fellowship
with my fellow church members and discuss and a key topic from our religious
teachings. All of this will definitely help me continue to grow spiritually.
V. Commitment:
I will assess my progress or
lack of progress within the next six months by keeping a journal. Keeping a
journal will help me see my transition throughout my integral health process.
Some strategies I could use to assist in maintaining my long term practices for
health and wellness is to make it a habit to practice some form of integral
health practice every day. Entering a process of self-development, serving, acknowledging
and supporting the healing capacities in each individual, and holding all life
as unique and precious will assist me in maintaining long term practices
(Dacher, 2006).
References
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral
health: The path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health
Publications, Inc.
