Farewell

While reviewing my personal assessment in Unit 3 of myself in psychological, physical and spiritual well-being I have found a big difference to now.  Then I ranked myself  as a 6 in physical and I am going to leave it as a 6.  I haven't really done a whole lot to change myself but it takes baby steps in order to get where I want to go.  All this weight didn't come on overnight so it will take time to get it off.  I have not yet gone to the gym that I pay for but right now I cannot because I do not have a babysitter so I can go.  In spiritual I ranked myself a 2 and now I feel it more as a 6 only because I have learned that to be spiritual does not mean you have to believe in someone/something but to believe in yourself.  I really enjoyed the relaxation and even the meditation to get in control of myself.  I have reached my goal in this because I have opened myself up to believe in my self  and in doing so believe in others.  And finally psychological I ranked myself then as 6 and now I would keep it as a six even though my goal was to be a 10, after learning what I did in this class I don't know that I will ever be a 10 because there will always be something I have to work on.

I have implemented the some of the activities I chose for my well-being, the one I wish I would work more on is going to the gym to make me feel better about myself and then all of the others will fall into place.

My personal experience throughout this course would be that I have grown so much in the last 9 weeks.  I say that because when I first found out that I was signed up for this class I was disappointed and worried because I was not a very spiritual person that I would not do very well.  During the past 9 weeks I have learned that you do not have to worship to be spiritual and I have opened up my heart and let the spiritual aspects in.  My experience will most defiantly help others because I can show others that you do not have to worship to be spiritual and relaxation and meditation will help.

Thanks for reading and good luck to you in the future.

Final Project

Before starting I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to read everything I have to say today and in the past and hopefully in the future.  I hope keeps you entertained enough to read it to the end and please post comments good or bad I love to hear the feedback from everyone.

               I.               Introduction: 

I feel that is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically because they will better gain the understanding to help others and to see inside themselves.  We cannot understand others without understanding ourselves first.

The areas that I need to develop to achieve the goal I have for myself is to love myself.  Once I learn to let go of any hatred for myself I will be more apt to let those who love me in and then I will be whole.  I can’t really teach anyone to love themselves until I learn to do it.

              II.               Assessment: 

I have assessed my health in each domain and I do not have a very good relationship with my spirit I have learned in this class that spiritual health is not about God or church or anything like that but I still do not have a very good relationship, it is getting better now that I have the attitude that it is not about spirits but about the attitude toward myself.  Scoring myself spiritual I would rate myself as 4 but slowly working toward 5.

Physically I am going through some rough spots because in the past 6 months I have gained 50 pounds because of all the stress at home and work.  I have even just found out that I have arthritis in both knees and as a CMA it is very hard to function with this disability.  Rating myself I would go with a 6 but I am working on getting better because I have to and can’t wait to do so.

Psychologically I feel like I should be locked up in a padded room sometimes I say this because going to school full-time, working and learning a new full time job, and taking care of two small children as well as a husband who doesn’t want me to better myself and our family.  I would rate myself as a 6 because I am able to get through all of this and will be graduating soon so one thing will change.

             III.               Goal development: 

As for goals in physical I would love to set a couple goals only because it is easier for me to reach smaller ones then to shot for the stars and never make it, I would love to lose 10 pounds by Christmas.  I know that this is not a lot but with stress and holidays I will be struggling to make this one and for a bigger long term making it 10 pounds each month or shot for 100 pounds by next Christmas.  This way if I have a couple bad months I am not trying make it too big.

A goal for me in Psychological would be to learn to love and trust myself.  This will even help me in my physical goal.  I am sure once I learn to better love and trust myself them I will not doubt that I can lose the 100 pounds I am looking to lose by Christmas 2013.  I plan on using the practices from our book and even try to download them to my MP3 player so I can have them whenever I need them.

Spiritually I will learn to meditate more and relax more to open my mind to new things.  This will help with the psychological goal in the fact that opening up my mind will open me up to loving and trusting myself more so in other words all of these goals tie together.

            IV.               Practices for personal health: 

The strategies I can implement to foster growth in physical is to start by going to the gym of which I pay for each month and I have not gone to since I started the membership in July,  I will also take my MP3 player to work with me and during my breaks instead of sitting at the table and eating I will put on my music and og for a stroll down the street or just around the building.

To foster growth psychologically I will relax more and take the time out for me by using the relaxation method or just even meditation to make myself less stressed.  This will help me achieve the growth physically as well.  I will also take the time to help others learn to relax and meditate because when you have friends everything is easier.

As for spiritually I will have to work a lot harder to love myself, I will have to use the relaxation and meditation to place in my subconscious mind that I am lovable and there is nothing wrong with being me.  You never know maybe I will see if there is a yoga class at the gym and see if I can join and this will help me to relax and then everything will work out great.

             V.               Commitment:

To assess the progress in the next six months I will get my calendar out and set a specific time to go to the gym a minimum of 10 days a month at first once this is reached I can give myself a reward, nothing that involves food but maybe something else fun.  Maybe I can make myself accountable by continuing the blog and make it a plan that once a week minimum I make a entry and have a few people comment on whether or not my goal is attainable and keep me in check with reality.  This will help in all areas because like I have mentioned before all of my domains help one another. 

In conclusion I would hope that everything turns out for the better and I would love to have someone other than my husband tell me that I am doing the right thing and all of my hard work is worth it.  I wish everyone the best of luck in obtaining their goals and dreams and hope to see you all here to keep me in check next week.

Jacque

In a whole

I have found that Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind were the best for me.  I think this because I was able to relax and take some time out for me.  I would like to know how to put them in MP3 format so I can put them onto my MP3 player but I am not that computer literate.  I can implement this practices into my personal life by practicing everyday.  This will help me to not only relax but to help me deal with the everyday goings on that happen.  I feel that once I have this down and school done I will listen to them (once on my MP3 player) every night before I go to bed and once again when I wake up in the morning this will relax me at night and energize me in the morning so I can take on the day.  I would hope that it would help me deal with the stress I have of my husband not being particularly happy that I am going back to school and  not letting me have the time I need to do my school work, and for the stress at work of working with 8 other women and all the stress that comes with that.  This will get me ready for these situations with a greater mental fitness to deal with it all.  If anyone knows how I can put this on to my MP3 player please let me know thanks.

Meditative Practices

After completing the Meeting Aesclepius I found it kind of hard to picture someone with light coming our of them but once I thought about an imaginative figure it was so much easier to get into.  As for my meditative practices for the week I am finding it very easy to get lost in thought and fall asleep but I awaken so much more energized.  Meditation has fostered an increase in my psychological wellness in the fact that I am much more at peace with myself and I do not let the everyday stress get me down.  I will continue to practice for greater health and wellness in the fact that I will meditate every night and possibly do it every morning as well to be more aware of the goings on.

The saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is very true in the way that if you have not been somewhere you cannot lead someone else to it.  This applies in health and wellness profession in the fact if you have never been or done something how can you help others in that cause.  I do have an obligation to the clients in developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually in the since that I work for a company that was grown on the spiritual knowledge of sisters and priests.  I am implementing psychological and spiritual growth in my personal life by allowing myself time to think and be at peace to calm down.

Exercise and Assessment

I thought this was hard the first couple times I did it because I just could not relax but once every one left the house I gave myself time to relax and not worry about anything and I was able to let go. I discovered that I am high strung and need to work on getting my head on straight and not taking on too many tasks.  I have to learn to say no to people. I cannot grow if I do not give myself the time or room to do so.  By learning to say no I will not have as much on my plate and I will be able to get work done of my own instead of waiting to the last minute to do it.  I have so much to do on my own and usually anyone who asks me to do something (like plan the preschool Halloween party) I say yes.  So needless to say I am planning the party, food and everything but I will not be able to enjoy myself before during or after because I have so much more to do for myself in the same time period.

Subtle Mind vs Loving Kindness

I enjoyed the subtle mind more than the Loving Kindness because the Loving Kindness was more work for me because thinking about myself and others around me is was not very relaxing at first.  I found the the deep breathing of the subtle mind was much more relaxing and I was more at peace even after it was done.  The kids didn't bother me as much even though they were not on their best behavior.

The connection of spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness would be a foundation needs to be built in order for a person to connect with with.  This to me means that I can be at peace with myself.  Especially when I am stressed and I need to take the time to tune out and get involved with my inner self and it will make my day so much better and then I would be so much better to be around.

Peace be with you and have a great week.

Loving-kindness

I would have to start out by saying that this  exercise was not as easy as it sounded.  The first couple times I as able to take the time and think about everything it asked but it took a while to get the anger out of my head and welcome the loving kindness.  Now that I have done this for 3 days it is much easier and I find that now when I think of this person (even though I live with him) I can relax and take the time to breath in and out and love myself so I can love this person even more.  I would recommend this to anyone who is having difficult time with loved one because it give you time to think of yourself first and love your self so you can love others.

While thinking about this the concept of mental workout is the same as a physical workout.  You have to practice each day even if it is only an hour.  An hour a day will add up and before you know it you have formed a habit to do it everyday.  You will see the results and just like a physical workout once you stop you can see your progression diminish.  Research indicates there are proven benefits of a mental workout they can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions and enhance positive emotions.  I can implement mental workouts for  my psychological health by taking the time each day to have a relationship with my inner self and then I will be able to love myself so that I can open up and let others love me.