Professional Application of the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing

I would rate my psychological and spiritual well-being a 9 and my physical well-being a 6 on a scale from 1 to 10. The only score that changed was my physical well-being because I am exercising more and loosing weight.
I have made progress toward the goals I set for myself. I am currently exercising more and loosing weight. I am continuing to make sure my mind is healthy and I am reading more inspirational books.
I have implemented the activities I chose for my well-being physically, spiritually, and psychologically. I am eating healthier, I practice meditation and visualization, as well as, reading more spiritual and encouraging books.
I have developed improvements in my well-being. This course has been rewarding because of the many techniques of meditation we learned about and incorporate them in our daily lives. Also, I am feeling good about myself. The difficulty I experienced in this course is learning to forgive people through loving-kindness practice. This experience will allow me to assist other because now I have an understanding of integral health and I can  introduce it to others.

Unit 9 Project: Personal Application of the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing

I.                   Introduction:

It is very important for health and wellness professional to develop psychologically,

spiritually, and physically because it would be impossible to help clients that is in need. Also, our inner and outer being must be whole to be successful at what we do for a living. The areas that I need to develop to achieve the goals that I have for myself are physically and psychologically. I have to learn to eat better and exercise so my outer being can be whole and healthy. Also, I have to learn to forgive people. Forgiving people who have done something bad to me is very hard for me to do. That has to do with practicing loving-kindness. Loving-kindness opens the heart and ensures the help and cooperation of others (Dacher, 2006, p. 50).

II.                Assessment:

I have accessed my health in each domain by finding out which area I need improvement in

 scored my wellness physically as a six because I need to lose some weight and exercise more. I give my wellness spiritually a nine because I am always seeking help from higher power and reading the bible and inspirational books. I give my wellness psychologically an eight. Sometimes I still remember how I have been treated wrong by others and I find it hard to forgive them. I know I have to because that is the right thing to do and it will help my inner being be at peace.

III.             Goal Development:

My physical goal is to get in shape and lose weight. My psychological goal is to not let what

anyone did to me in the pass to affect me mentally and learn to forgive people easily no matter what. My spiritual goal is to draw closer to God and continue to read inspirational materials and be an inspirational to someone.

IV.             Practices For Personal Health:

Strategies that I could use to foster growth in physical, psychological, and spiritual domains

are staying focus of what I am trying to accomplish. I also can be encouraged no matter what chaos is going on around me. I will practice yoga to help me lose weight and I will eat more fruits and vegetables. This will take care of my physical domain. For my psychological domain I would practice meditation and loving-kindness. This will help be clear my inner thoughts and make my inner being happier, peaceful, and calm. Lastly for my spiritual domain I would practice tai chi, meditation, and yoga. This will allow me to have spiritual peace.

V.                Commitment:

I will access my progress or my lack of progress in the next six months by keeping a daily

journal. I will also have a weekly schedule and check each day when I make progress and place an x on the day that I have a lack in progress. This will help me decide what I need to focus on a little bit more. Strategies that I can use to maintain my long-term practices for health and wellness is holding myself accountable. I realize that I have to want to change for a healthier, whole, happy, and peaceful life and health. I also will surround myself around positive people.

Reference

Dacher, E. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic

            Health Publications, Inc.

Optimal Well-being

The two practices that has been most benefical to me are loving-kindness and suble mind. I have found both of these practices to be very relaxing and calming. They both made me feel at peace. I like the technique of concentrating on your breathing during the subtle mind practice. I can implement these practices into my personal life to foster mental health by thinking positive thoughts and treating people with respect.

Meeting Aesclepius

Mindfulness and meditation has fostered an increase in my psychological wellness because I am more peaceful. I can relax and focus on the positive outlook of life. I continue to apply these practices in my life to foster greater health and wellness by exercising, meditating, pampering my body and eating healthy.

"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is simply saying that you cannot help others if you have not experience the same issue. This applies to health and wellness professionals because they have to help people deal with health issues whether it is physical or psychological. Yes, I do have an obligation to my clients to be developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually because I have to help them develop their health psychologically and spiritually. I have to practice what I preach. I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my life by treating people right, focus on positive things in my life, and getting deeper in my faith.

Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness and Healing

The loving-kindness meditation made me feel relaxed, calm, and at peace. I had a lot of time to focus. On the other hand the integral assessment exercise sort of made me angry because of the differen mind set you had to change. I do not changing my thought too many times during an exercise. This can make you loose focus and unable to concentrate. The area that I have chosen to be a focus of growth and development is my mental and physical health because I need both of these to be fit and healthy. I have started eating right, exercising, meditating, and getting more rest to foster greater wellness in these areas.

Subtle Mind Practice

I really enjoyed this meditation. It made me calm and relaxed. I stayed focus on what I was doing. I like the technique of concentrating on your breathing. Compared to loving kindness, this was better. Loving kindness made me calm at certain points. I also mad me frustrated because of the many thought changes throughout the meditation.
Spiritual wellness does have a connection to mental and physical wellness. Spiritual wellness, makes me feel mentally stable. Also, it encourages me to take care of my physical body by exercising and eating properly.

Loving Kindness

My experience was mixed with this exercise. I did not enjoy the exercise during certain parts. I just do not like changing what my mind is own. I think we had to change our thoughts too many times. I did find the exercise to be beneficial. Most of the time I was relax and calm. I only found the exercise to be difficult because of the many thought changes.
Mental workouts are brain exercises for your mental state of mind. These workouts are proven to help the brain remember and work properly. These exercises helps people with dementia. I can implement mental workouts to foster my psychological health by reading and doing puzzles.