Unit 9 Blog

           When we go to a doctor or dentist, we expect them to already have gone through the process of what we are about to ask them, and we expect them to know the answers to our questions. I believe the same circumstances falls for health and wellness professionals. When we are trying to figure out the best way for us to live a healthy and well life, we want to go to someone who has experience and who knows what they are talking about. I believe for these professionals to help their patients, they need to be fully educated and experienced in their psychological, spiritual, and physical states of well-being. They need to know how to use the mind of the patients for the best outcome. They need to know from a spiritual point what is best for the patient. And of course they need to know what is physically best for the patient. Without first having your own goals and achieving them in all of these areas, you cannot fully teach and train someone else to achieve the full standards in these categories.

            I need to make more time for my spiritual development in order to be fully happy with myself. I have been making more time but it is not where I want it to be quite yet. I also need to make more time for myself physically because I do not feel as whole as I used to with my physical well-being. I think psychologically I am complete, but I know that I can always use stress-reducers with everything I have going on.

            I have assessed my health spiritually by finding more time to spend reading my Bible and going to church. I have found more time to teach my daughter about God, and I am finding more time to teach myself as well. I am always opening myself to learning new things about God and finding new friends who want to learn about God. I have assessed my health physically by making time to exercise more and eat healthier. I think it is always important to eat healthy and exercise no matter how little of time it is. I try and make time every morning for about 10-15 minutes to exercise. I am trying to find the time to do it twice a day as of right now. I have assessed my health psychologically by spending time with breathing exercises and clearing the negative thoughts out of my head. I am trying to surround myself with only positive impacts and throwing out the negative in my life. I am using the power of breathing and imagery to clear my head and make my mind stronger.

I would score my wellness spiritually as a 7. I think I have a strong spiritual wellness, but there is always room for improvement. I would score my physical wellness as a 6. I have been in a much better place physically but am working very hard to get back to that place. I would score my psychological wellness as a 7. I think I have a very strong psychological sense, but as with everything else, there is always room for improvements.

One of the goals I have for myself physically is to lose about 20 pounds before summer. I am not disgusted with my weight but I do want to be healthier and I do want to lose some weight. One of my goals for being more spiritually healthy is to spend more time reading the Bible and spending more time teaching and spreading God’s Word. I feel that if a life can be changed, and we have the opportunity to do it, then we should take that challenge. One of my goals to be more psychologically well is to spend at least twice a day using one of the relaxation methods and clearing my head of all things negative that are keeping me from living the peaceful life I want.

A strategy I could use to grow spiritually would be to spend at least 10-15 minutes in the morning and 10-15 minutes at night becoming more in touch with God. Even when our days are busy, we should always make time for God. I could also volunteer with projects and missions to help people learn about God and what all He has done for us. I can implement these by setting my priorities straight and just doing it. I can look throughout the neighborhood and my church I attend right now and see what all I can do to help the community to learn about God. A strategy I can use to grow physically is to leave about an hour a day to exercise. Even though time can be strenuous, we can always make time for things that will help our futures. I can also start planning healthy meals instead of just picking healthy foods here and there. I can implement these by making time to do them. I can put tasks aside that aren’t quite as important and spend more time taking care of myself. A strategy I can use to grow psychologically would be making time to clear my mind of the negative thoughts I have. I can also strengthen my mind by educating myself with something I am not familiar with. I think if we challenge our minds with something we don’t know much about, then we are strengthening ourselves psychologically. I can do these tasks by using exercise techniques such as breathing sessions, and I can find projects that interest me and that are challenging.

I can assess my progress over the next six months by keeping a chart to see when and how I have accomplished these goals. I think it is important to write down what your goals are and mark them off as you do them. I think that if I can’t do one of the for some reason, then I need to pick up where I left off the next day and just add a day to my time. I think when you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. I also think by telling someone what you are doing, they can help encourage you to accomplish your goals.

The strategies I can use in maintaining a long-term goal for my spiritual, physical, and psychological well-being would be to look back at the progress I made after completing my goals and realize how amazing it felt when I accomplished something I worked so hard on. Then I would look back and see how I felt before accomplishing these goals and realize that I do not want to return to that place. One big strategy I can use is to do these tasks for God and for my daughter. I think that when we have someone in mind that we want to accomplish these goals for, then that can push us further to complete it.