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
Hi Jacque,
ReplyDeleteGreat Post! I want to start by wishing you the best of luck in the future and your career. Just like you I would keep a calender for the next six months to evaluate how well I am doing and what I lack in. eventually the idea would be to foster good health not only for me but for my family too.
Jacque,
ReplyDeleteI loved your project. It is often hard to evaluate yourself, especially when you are already so negative on yourself. This is when you realize how vital it is to practice positive thought. This isnt something you mentioned, but were all around in your project. You in your meditation or relaxation I feel need to practice saying positive things to yourself, and praising yourself when you feel you have done well, and try as hard as you can to not be mean to yourself when you feel you have done bad. Accountability is a huge one and Im glad you mentioned that. If you are not used to this way of life you cant be the only one that knows what you are trying to do, because we tend to lie to ourselves a lot. Now, only let the people you trust in on your efforts and ones that will encourage you rather than break you down or judge you. I know you can do it, and I have hope that will the attitude adjustment you and all of us can obtain our goals. And your right...your "me time" is necessary so make sure that happens!!! Best of luck to you and If you keep writing Ill keep reading. Ill help in any way I can :)