Unit 9

I.          Introduction: It’s important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically because they are the professionals that are going to be assisting others with their psychologically problems, or thoughts. Spiritually it’s important to believe in something bigger than them, this gives us all ways to cope with what we have to deal with on a daily basis and how to better manage out thought process through a successful and healthy way of thinking. Spirituality is something that allows us to look forward to the future and think that what’s to come is going to be better than we are currently at, at this moment. Physically, our bodies, minds and thought process are interconnected and react to each other, if one is not in sync with the other than it’s going to throw off our whole system of health and wellness.

The areas that I need to personally develop for myself to achieve goals is

spirituality and my physical well being, due to my hectic schedule I am not able to invest as much time as I would like to my physical well being and spiritually I have been slacking.

II.          Assessment: I have not personally assessed my health in each domain; if I did I believe that I would not score too high. Spiritually I feel that I would score high in consideration and thoughts of it but actually practicing and meditation I would not score too high. Physically I would not score high either since it’s been a pretty long while since I’ve done anything physically. Psychologically I believe I would score the highest because I believe that my mind is sound and my focus is in all of these areas, the only thing lacking in my life is time.

III.          Goal development:

1.     Physically: to get physically fit and to a healthy weight.

2.     Spiritually: Practice my faith more often and attend a church.

3.     Psychologically: I would like to see a social worker often to openly discuss my fears, goals, and thoughts.

IV.          Practices for personal health: Physically I believe that once I am finished with school next semester I will dedicate some time to a gym and get involved with my children more. Spiritually I am going to actively look for a church and attempt to make more time for myself. Psychologically I am going to look into my new insurance through work to figure out who I can find to sit and speak to at least once every 2 weeks. I am also going to speak to my husband more often.

V.          Commitment: After my next semester in school I plan to mark my progress in pounds with weight loss and being physically active. I will also judge this on my own wellness of my body and mind. Getting to a better state of mind and actively recording thoughts that are positive will help me in determining if the psychological help with speaking to someone is assisting me. Spiritually, I believe that finding a church and having my children in a happy place with positive feedback will give me the measurement I need to track my progress in this area.

                   Some strategies that I can put in place to keep me on track with this progress is to get my whole family involved in it and assist my children to a more positive and healthy place for themselves. When a person has more to account for they are able to assist each other in their goals and it’s harder to fall back because you are being held accountable for your goals.