I looked back into Unit 3 when we were to evaluate ourselves in the areas of spirituality, physical wellbeing and psychologically. I rated myself in Unit 3 with a 4 in physical wellbeing, a 6 in Spiritual wellbeing and a 6 in psychological wellbeing. I think that for the most part I have stayed the same. I have been very focused on class and the start of the school year for my children, which also meant me going back to work as well. There has not been any great gains, however small gains. I have started seeing a small amount of weight loss, which is good, so that is a plus, but I have seen a slight falter in the spirituality due to the lack of going to church and finding my inner peace there. Church is my safe place that I feel as though I am untouchable and unrated. I am accepted for who I am, instead of who I am not.

My goals are to continue in my path of healthier living. Finding more time to focus on me and working on the fixing the problems I see fit. I for my physical health the goal I am setting is to become healthier, to lose more weight and in doing so exercising at least three days a week to start. My psychological health I am going to continue working on meditation exercises and training my mind to relax and let go of the daily activities that bog down my thinking so I can focus, regenerate my thoughts and be a better mom, wife and co-worker. Finally, when speaking of my spiritual goals, I will get my butt back into church on a regular basis and remember that God is always here for me will help to guide me in my journey to a healthier me. While achieving these goals, I will remember that I am human, mistakes happen but I will conquer and move forward.

Unit 9 Project

Project Unit 9

I feel that it is important for health and wellness professionals to be developed psychologically, spiritually, and physically because I feel the “Practice what you preach” saying comes into play here. I know that if I go to a health or wellness professional I would expect to see a calm, happy, and physically fit individual, if I did not see that I would wonder what was going to be said to me. Now, if I were the professional I know that someone might come in and say “how can she be telling me about being healthy, she is over weight.” Which leads to the saying “practice what you preach” I cannot tell a client to eat healthy and exercise daily, if I am not doing and proving that myself. Having said that, I need to focus more on my health and lose some weight, which I am working on. It did not get on overnight, so I am a work in progress.

I looked back into Unit 3 when we were to evaluate ourselves in the areas of spirituality, physical wellbeing and psychologically. I rated myself in Unit 3 with a 4 in physical wellbeing, a 6 in Spiritual wellbeing and a 6 in psychological wellbeing. I think that for the most part I have stayed the same. I have been very focused on class and the start of the school year for my children, which also meant me going back to work as well. There has not been any great gains, however small gains. I have started seeing a small amount of weight loss, which is good, so that is a plus, but I have seen a slight falter in the spirituality due to the lack of going to church and finding my inner peace there. Church is my safe place that I feel as though I am untouchable and unrated. I am accepted for who I am, instead of who I am not.

My goals are to continue in my path of healthier living. Finding more time to focus on me and working on the fixing the problems I see fit. I for my physical health the goal I am setting is to become healthier, to lose more weight and in doing so exercising at least three days a week to start. My psychological health I am going to continue working on meditation exercises and training my mind to relax and let go of the daily activities that bog down my thinking so I can focus, regenerate my thoughts and be a better mom, wife and co-worker. Finally, when speaking of my spiritual goals, I will get my butt back into church on a regular basis and remember that God is always here for me will help to guide me in my journey to a healthier me. While achieving these goals, I will remember that I am human, mistakes happen but I will conquer and move forward.

My plan to achieve these goals will be walking and being more active in physical play with my children and my students. When talking about my psychological goals I will continue on the path of meditation and when I am walking I will institute the conscience activity of paying attention to my breathing. My spiritual goals again, are to be more focused on my Christian faith and move with God knowing that he will guide me down the right path of health.

I will make a hard copy of this and put it in a file that I will find six months from now. At that time I will evaluate how I have grown, how I have not grown and what I need to amp up to continue on growing. Keeping a daily log will help me to make myself accountable to the goals that I set for myself and that hopes I will become healthier and in return have a great start to a beautiful career.

Out of the 4 types of relaxation exercises I feel that Loving Kindness and a bit of meditation have helped me the most.
I am generally a loving and giving person so this technique came pretty easy to me out of the four. What did I get out of this is that I have been more forgiving and loving especially when it comes to a situation that I may not like or being very upset about. Looking at a situation wiht a kinder eye and heart has knocked down my stress level a bit.
As the meditation aspect goes, I really haven't been able to sit at the computer and try to meditate, however I have focused more on my breathing when exercising and when I get upset I have been able to reign in my anger and talk in a calming way. So with that said, I guess I have made bigger gains that I really thought!

 

 

Well, as I have said in previous weeks, I struggle with these exerises. Being able to focus my mind on something quiet or tranquil has and still is proving to be a huge challenge for me. Although, I feel as if I am making progress, it just is not as quick as I would like. I will continue to keep trying these exercises and hope that someday I will be able to finish a session successfully and have great results.

 

"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is so true is all aspects of life. I think this goes for all aspects of life. If you expect a client to do something, you have better be able to tell the client what to expect, based on your own personal experience. If you have not done something, and you want your client to do something, dont lie and say it will or wont hurt, rather be honest and let them know that it might or might not hurt, but according to what other clients say this is how it feels, however I have not done this and therefore I cannot tell you the true affects, personally.

 

Week 6

Describe the exercise and assessment process. What did you discover about yourself? What area have you chosen to be a focus of growth and development? Why? What are some specific exercises or activities that you can implement to foster greater wellness in this area?

While trying to complete the exercise I once again found that I am not able to sit through a session. My mind starts wondering, I am thinking about what I could be getting done and sometimes I even think that I am wasting my time. Which, I know is so not true, but that is how I feel. After working on our project last week and learning the different things that I am, I think I might pursue Yoga to help me focus on the growth and development of my whole being. I think for starters just focusing in on me, would be a great start.

Week 5

1. Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.

 

As in weeks past, having the ability to be able to focus on my mind and let my body relax is impossible for me to do. I never thought that this concept was so difficult! I do not like silence, it makes me crazy...I am starting to think that when my children leave the nest I will end up in an insitution because I do not do well with the concept of quiet. Oh boy am I in trouble.

 

1. Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.

Spiritual wellness and mental and physical wellness are really joined together as one. Sure you can do the physical exercise and see results and get physically healthy, but in order to healthy completely you need to include t he mind and the spirit. I like to think that I am over all healthy, but as I continue on in this class I am finding myself just the opposite. This scares me a bit! Yikes

 

1. Describe your experience. Did you find it beneficial? Difficult? Why or why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or why not?

When doing the exercises I have to admit I did not get much out of them. I am sure that it has something to do with my inability to have the feeling of loosing control. I truely want to be able to benefit from these exercises, but I have not been 100% successful. I would never not recommend these exercises to others, I just wont go out of my to do so.

1. What is the concept of "mental workout"? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?

As far as the mental workout goes, this is certainly a workout for me! I have to really set my mind to let myself loose control and just let things go. I am going to continue working on this and my hope is that by the end of the the term I will have completed at least 1 full session with success.