I.
Introduction:
It is very important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically because they all work together as a unit in helping achieve overall health and wellness. All aspects of them help in maintaining an effective and healthy person. A professional in health and wellness will definitely see the link such as how the body needs certain chemicals from the brain to function efficiently, and how the brain benefits from spiritual practices like meditations, breathing, mind games, etc. They all bring a much positive vibe to a person and continue to bring a health and wellness efficient atmosphere to others around them as well.
It is very important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically because they all work together as a unit in helping achieve overall health and wellness. All aspects of them help in maintaining an effective and healthy person. A professional in health and wellness will definitely see the link such as how the body needs certain chemicals from the brain to function efficiently, and how the brain benefits from spiritual practices like meditations, breathing, mind games, etc. They all bring a much positive vibe to a person and continue to bring a health and wellness efficient atmosphere to others around them as well.
Some areas that I, personally, need development
in is a more spiritual and psychological awareness for myself. I find it hard
to make time to be myself and enjoy my own thoughts and relax in a stress-free
environment. I also lose my spiritual guidance and find it hard to find the
motivation to do anything for myself. So, getting myself into a concrete
routine would be the best plan for me, such as meditating in the mornings to
relax and start my day out right or finding time to pray and rekindle my soul
with daily activities. I think if I did more activities to benefit my mind and
soul I would be healthier on the inside and out. I have a couple hobbies to get
into that I think will help also, such as painting/drawing, just being more
creative and artsy. I also want to start walking and finding alone and quiet
time to myself and stretching and practice breathing more to relax myself and
get more energized.
II.
Assessment:
Since learning more about overall health and wellness I have measured my expectations with reality. Physically, I expect to be active and do physical activities or workout daily (at least 3 times a week). However, I find myself unmotivated or too busy to keep those minimum requirements. But, I walk around and spend more time with my child outside and either walking or playing with him. I would like to enjoy more fitness exercises like walking/jogging for 30 minutes or doing simple at home weight lifting exercises to keep my muscles toned and working. I would score my physical wellness as better than I was last year. I grade myself with my overall wellness over time. Last year I didn’t have that great of physical fitness, but now I am getting much better at it. I try not to compare myself with others but with just myself.
Since learning more about overall health and wellness I have measured my expectations with reality. Physically, I expect to be active and do physical activities or workout daily (at least 3 times a week). However, I find myself unmotivated or too busy to keep those minimum requirements. But, I walk around and spend more time with my child outside and either walking or playing with him. I would like to enjoy more fitness exercises like walking/jogging for 30 minutes or doing simple at home weight lifting exercises to keep my muscles toned and working. I would score my physical wellness as better than I was last year. I grade myself with my overall wellness over time. Last year I didn’t have that great of physical fitness, but now I am getting much better at it. I try not to compare myself with others but with just myself.
Psychologically, I spend too much time
thinking of the past or stressful events. I don’t give myself time to quiet my
thoughts and enjoy meditations or visualizations that are healthier for me. My
expectation for creating a healthier mind is staying stress-free, not worrying,
and giving myself time to do some brainwork- such as doing crosswords,
spelling, learning new words, reading, practice breathing exercises and
relaxation. If I have not at least completed one of those brain exercises twice
a week then my health is not looking that good. I found that enjoying some math
time to keep my math skills up does the trick every now and then too. It helps
me feel like I accomplished something. My psychological health right now, would
be scored as better before I knew about psychological health. I think as long
as I keep measuring my psychological health with my past and I excel from where
I was then I will be doing just fine. However, I know there’s always more I can
do.
Spiritually, I like to measure up to how my
mood is at the end of the day. If I feel positive, happy, friendly, or
exceptional than my spirits are great. The different ways of keeping my
spirituality healthy are providing myself with the right nutrients during the
day, keeping myself doing the right things and being honest, treating others
the way I want to be treated, and helping them. Being a kind, loving, and
caring person is the way to keep myself thriving spiritually. I try to make
this a daily thing but at times, I need a push or it won’t happen as much. I
tend to me selfish at times, but I understand what needs to be changed and
accepting myself as who I am is better than what others think of me. To score
my spiritual part of wellness, I would say it’s a bit poor but I am on my way
on planning and making an improvement for myself. It’s going to be a little
hard at first, because I am not much of a giver at times and I tend to hold my
anger or frustration on past events. I also tend to keep the past to learn and
make sure it never happens again, but I think as soon as I let all that go it
would be a lot easier to move forward and let others in and treat them as
equals.
III.
Goal development:
I have different goals for myself involving the different areas of wellness. For my spiritual wellness my goal is to do more things for others so that I can feel better about myself. I want to practice Love and Kindness to others that are strangers and include more of my spirituality in my overall health. My psychological wellness includes goals that will better my mind and thinking. It includes adding time for myself to cherish my well-being as a person (my “me” time) and relaxing and thinking things through before acting and becoming stressful. I would like to diminish my anger and negative issues of my past and present and work on being in the present moment. I also have goals to empower my creative thinking and bring on more hobbies to enjoy. My physical wellness has a few goals that I would like to share as well. First, I want to enjoy new activities that I can do with my son and that are safe for him to get into. I also want to make time for myself to do exercises that I like to do alone, such as breathing and stretching and focusing more on the moment of bliss. The last goal is to stay strong and committed to being healthy physically. I don’t want my muscles to get drained and bored from not working so much.
I have different goals for myself involving the different areas of wellness. For my spiritual wellness my goal is to do more things for others so that I can feel better about myself. I want to practice Love and Kindness to others that are strangers and include more of my spirituality in my overall health. My psychological wellness includes goals that will better my mind and thinking. It includes adding time for myself to cherish my well-being as a person (my “me” time) and relaxing and thinking things through before acting and becoming stressful. I would like to diminish my anger and negative issues of my past and present and work on being in the present moment. I also have goals to empower my creative thinking and bring on more hobbies to enjoy. My physical wellness has a few goals that I would like to share as well. First, I want to enjoy new activities that I can do with my son and that are safe for him to get into. I also want to make time for myself to do exercises that I like to do alone, such as breathing and stretching and focusing more on the moment of bliss. The last goal is to stay strong and committed to being healthy physically. I don’t want my muscles to get drained and bored from not working so much.
IV.
Practices for personal health:
There are some strategies that I intend to apply to help further my healthy growth physically, mentally, and spiritually. They would have to be stretching and doing easy muscle toning exercises every other day (physically), think before I act to minimize stress every day (mentally), and doing random acts of kindness for others whenever I possibly can (spiritually). My physical plan will include waking up and stretching for 10-15 minutes before starting my day and during the day do some squats, lunges, push-ups, etc. for about 20 minutes to keep myself lean and toned. I think doing these simple exercises will definitely help keep me moving and keep my muscles working. It’s good because I hardly have time to do anything else with being a full time mom and not having time for myself to do any running yet. It will also work with my pregnancy as well, because I know intense exercises are not recommended for me anymore.
There are some strategies that I intend to apply to help further my healthy growth physically, mentally, and spiritually. They would have to be stretching and doing easy muscle toning exercises every other day (physically), think before I act to minimize stress every day (mentally), and doing random acts of kindness for others whenever I possibly can (spiritually). My physical plan will include waking up and stretching for 10-15 minutes before starting my day and during the day do some squats, lunges, push-ups, etc. for about 20 minutes to keep myself lean and toned. I think doing these simple exercises will definitely help keep me moving and keep my muscles working. It’s good because I hardly have time to do anything else with being a full time mom and not having time for myself to do any running yet. It will also work with my pregnancy as well, because I know intense exercises are not recommended for me anymore.
As for my mental practices, I like to focus
on stress-free practices to help with my thinking. I understand stress is not that
healthy for me and keeping my thoughts focused on the positive things will help
fight that. Just by reminding myself I don’t need the stress every day and
remembering what pleases me more will help. Anything else that is hurtful or
negative, I would prefer to stay away from. I can always control my thoughts
and way of living but I can’t control things out of my control. With my
spiritual practices, my plan is to keep my heart open and do good things for
others and myself. It could be hard but I think doing small things like giving
nice comments to people, giving hugs, giving gifts, or such will help someone
in the long run. Even giving a person a ride or feeding the hungry will help as
well. I think if I feel a little down or not feeling much love from myself as a
person, it would help to love myself and love others by doing kind acts like
this.
V.
Commitment:
Assessing progress in these areas of health and
wellness will be simple. Physical examinations could be done for my physical
plan. If I see toning and progress in my muscles or notice the size of muscle
increase or nothing happen at all in the
next six months, I will know whether I achieved my goal or not. By assessing my
level of stress and positive thinking at the end of the days or how I imagine
my life going somewhere in six months will help assess my plan. If I notice my
mood or my stress level worsen or still the same, I know I wasn’t trying hard
enough. Also that would be a great indicator of how well my spiritual plan is
going too. Lack of love and determination in myself will be an indicator of how
low my spirituality is. All these come together in assessing my overall
wellness and health. If one of them is knocked off balance, there’s a good
chance that the others may be knocked out as well. They all help each other
progressing and implementing health and wellness in myself. If lack or progress
occurs in any of these areas, there are always new and different strategies to
undergo. Maybe a different activity or practice could be done or a mixture of
other tactics to keep things fresh. Long-term practice of any method would be
healthy and it wouldn’t be going to waste.
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