Kaplan University
Cynthia Kendall
Assignment 9
Section: HW420
Course Title: Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing
December20, 2011
Introduction: 1. Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? It is very important for health and wellness professionals to build and develop a happy productive life through psychologically, physically and spiritually domains, so they can assist individuals with healthy choices about their diet and fitness, they can also help people overcome the effects of illness, disease, disability and injury.
What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself? I have found that losing the weight has helped me to feel better about myself emotionally and physically, however I need to lose more weight and sometimes I feel like I’m at a standstill, I then get discourage. After talking with my physician about this matter, he suggested that I would make a healthy lifestyle change my goal, not weight loss. This way I would be more likely to succeed in both improving my health and attaining permanent weight loss.
2. Assessment: How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically? I ‘am a strong believer in healing by Prayer which can change lives and circumstances. Assessing my health in the domain of spiritually, on a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate myself at a 6. Through spiritual reflections, prayer, faith, hope and joy, I'm able to deepen my understanding and connection with God. Assessing my health in the domain of physically and psychologically; Growing up and being overweight have been a challenge for me throughout many years. I have always been an outgoing person, different ones have commented on my size and how I continuously stay active, I’m not a marathon runner but I can walk, when I have had enough I will sit down take a couple of deep breathes and back at it again. My employer healthcare system has a Live Well program; it creates an environment for employees to increase longevity and quality of life for everyone, and reduce healthcare costs. Through this program I have found peace, joy and physical relaxation that reduce my stress, blood pressure and slow the heart rate.
The word WELL stands for;
Work meaningfully
Eat healthfully
Learn continuously
Live more fully
3. Goal development: List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual. During my health and wellness physical this year, my physician and I were talking about Setting realistic health and fitness goals to stay motivated. One of the questions he asked me, was how much weight was I wanting to lose? I told him I would like to lose 100 pounds; he said that’s too overwhelming, he said you have to take small steps along the way to making big changes; you need to focus on losing 1 pound per week to get to your goal. For my physical goal I will break it down into small, specific and achievable mini-goals, such as walking for at least 30 minutes three times a week. Spirituality is the key to life of happiness and peace of mind, and manifesting the enormous power of the inner spirit. Being involved in several church groups has helped my Spirituality growth, however over the next 12 months my goals for spiritually will be as follows; I desire to grow spiritually in becoming the person that God that has predestined me to be. My Psychological goal would be to eliminate stress, stop dwelling on problems and personal issues for a long period at a time, let them go and release that negative energy.
4. Practices for personal health: What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; strategizing psychologically, spiritually and physically domains requires willpower, inner strength, self-control, committing to take action and achieving goals despite obstacles and inconveniences.
Physical, Psychological and Spiritual provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
A). as I close my eyes and start to inhale and exhale slowly, I found that one of the best ways to calm my mind is meditation. Meditation affects the body in exactly the opposite ways that stress does, restoring the body to a calm state, helping the body to repair itself, and preventing new damage due to the physical effects of stress.
B). Water aerobics is a great physical exercise, very soothing. It also helps your muscles and tissues stretch, making movement easier. The last class I was in we started implementing water aerobics by walking from one side of the shallow end to the other as quickly as you can., this improves your circulation and relieves joint soreness.
5. Commitment: How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? I will need to make a firm commitment, by writing down my affirmation in a place where I can see it every day. This will help me to stay focused when my actions get difficult.
What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness? Calls for addressing the mind, body, diet and exercise, I will began to read more spiritual and uplifting books and try to apply or use the information in my life. Eliminate negative factors and meditate for at least 15 minutes every day. I will modify my diet by taking in more proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables. Exercises Twenty to 30 minutes of walking three times a week, this will also improve your mental wellness.
References;
Dasher, Elliott, S. Integral Health The Path to Human Flourishing, (2006), Basic Health Publications: Laguna Beach, CA
Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok with Mar S. Micozzi, Consciousness & healing(2005), Itegral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine
www.webmd.com (2011)
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