Psychological
and Spiritual Aspects of Healing
I.
Introduction:
Why is it
important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically,
spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the
goals you have for yourself?
The reason why it’s important for
health and wellness professional to develop psychologically, spiritually and
physically because there are many advantages of physical fitness and wellness
plans for people of all ages and both sexes can obtain profit from such
programs so as to help them support a higher quality of life. In addition, health and wellness
professionals must develop their minds and bodies in order to be measured a genuine
health care professional, by doing this health care professional begin to
develop a better perspective on integral healing.
The most important benefit for health
care professionals in relation to physical fitness and spiritual/mental
wellness, this approaches in the progress of positive attitude is what helps
people to see what general life’s potential and accomplishments their are to make
one’s life personally satisfying and gratifying.
The areas that I need to develop in
order to achieve the goals for myself are the following:
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Exercise daily
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Change my sleeping habits
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Establish a new career path
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Better choices in my diet
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Stress management
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A more better prospective on life and what the
future has for me
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Making peace with those who might have hurt me
in the past
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A well balanced physical, spiritual, and
emotional state of mind
II.
Assessment:
How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you
score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?
The way that I have assessed my health in each
domain (psychological, spiritual, and physical) is by using a time line/rating
scale on the frequency on how long it take me to develop a better spiritual,
physical, and psychological domain for myself.
For example, I would say that my spiritual aspect is at a 7, due to the
fact that I haven’t really been going to some type of church, however, I have
been practicing some meditation, which has help a lot. My physical health is not all that great, I
would say that I am at a 5 because of my time spent at work, school, and taking
care of my dads office at night.
With
that said, I need to maintain some form of physical activity or moderate
intensity everyday in order to get on track with my physical aspect of
myself. Lastly, my psychological
wellbeing is between a 7 and 8. The
reason I rate myself on the higher end when dealing with the psychological
aspect is because I try to maintain a positive relationship with others and
myself. In addition, I continually
remind myself to accept myself for who I am and where I am in my life right now
and to live life in the present (not in the future or past).
III.
Goal
Development:
List at least one goal you have for
yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.
A physical goal that I have for myself is to lose around 20 lbs.
in the next two months and to gain some muscle tone. I plan on doing this by setting aside 30 to
40 minutes each day and to start slowly.
I will first start off by doing some walking to get my body warmed up
then speed up the pace till I’m getting a good heart rate going. In addition, changing my diet is a must; I
plan to make a daily schedule of what to eat and what time to eat. Also, by counting my calories and eating more
frequently but in small portion will increase my metabolism, which help me lose
more weight. If there are times I feel
overwhelmed or stressed out due to my exercise program, I plan to take a time
out and do some breathing exercises to help me calm down. My
spiritual goal is to make time for reelection and meditation. Taking time to listen for answers is very
important for spiritual healing. This
course has challenged me to practice meditation for 15 min each day, which has
changed me to be more open minded on a spiritual level and to see a difference
within. My psychological goad is to make
slight changes to improve my attitude and perception towards others and their
feelings. In addition, I want to change
any anger that I have built inside and to let it go, in order to gain peace
with others and myself.
IV.
Practices for Personal Health:
What strategies can
you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical,
Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or
practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
The strategies that I
can implement to foster growth in my physical domain is the following:
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Working out 2 to 4
times a week for 15 to 45 minutes each time.
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Make a calendar with an eating schedule
and work out schedule.
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Mark down my progress and how many calories
I’m eating each day.
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Take stairs rather than elevator at the
mall
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Park farther away, in order to lose
more calories.
The
strategies that I can use to foster growth in my psychological domain is the
following:
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Develop a more conscious and sincere
regarding my own defects and deficiencies.
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Evade all movements that interrupt or
annoy other people.
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Learn to take joy in others achievements
and happiness.
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Judge other people by the same values
with which I would judge myself. If I anticipate
a certain behavior from other, I will be absolutely sure that it is what I
would do under all circumstances.
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Be more open minded to different ways
of teaching and to allow myself 20 to 30 min each day for meditation and
spiritual teaching.
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Continue using the Loving-kindness and
Subtle mind exercise.
The strategies that I would use to foster growth in my spiritual
domain is the following:
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Meditate for at least 15 to 30 minutes
every day.
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Read spiritual and uplifting books.
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Learn to make my mind quiet through concentration
exercises and meditation.
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Develop happiness habit, by always
looking at the bright side of life and endeavoring to be happy.
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Exercise my will power and
decision-making ability.
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Acknowledge the fact that I am a spirit
with a physical body, not a physical body with a spirit.
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By allowing myself to be more
spiritually incline will allow my body, mind, and spirit to be connected and
gain tremendous benefits from it.
V.
Commitment:
How
will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What
strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for
health and wellness?
The best way that I can assess my progress in the
next six week’s to do the following:
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Make a calendar/journal
of how I’m doing in my spiritual, physical, and psychological aspect/goals.
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Ask people to keep me
accountable on my progress and to give me advice when I’m slowing down.
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Look back at my
calendar/journal each week to see if I’ve made any improvements, if not,
develop new strategies to help me improve in those areas.
The strategies that I can use to assist in
maintain my long-term practices for health and wellness is to keep a network of
friends and family that will be my source of strength and reassurance for
sticking to my personal long-term practices for health and wellness. In addition, I plan on join a support group
either on the web or at a meeting, which will be focusing on these three
aspects of human health and wellness.
This support group will be beneficial to my long-term goals because each
of us will remind each other on there progress with there goals.
Finally, I plan on updating my progress every 2 months
as how my progress is coming along. I’m
looking forward to the changes that are awaiting me, I know my life will be
turned around but for the better and I will grow and evolve to a much more
dynamic person.
