Introduction
It is
important for a health and wellness professional to develop themselves
psychologically, physically and spiritually so that they better understand what
their clients/patients challenges are and to be able to say they’ve walked the
walked. As a health and wellness professional we need to be able to make
suggestions not only based on what we might have tried personally but through
our continuing education.
Personally,
I need to develop more in the psychological and physical areas. The goals that
I have are to get stronger physically and mentally. Physically I want to
increase my endurance as well as maintain my cholesterol levels and my blood
pressure. Psychologically I want to learn how to ask for help. I have a
tendency to do whatever needs to be done myself even if it means not getting in
time to exercise. If I learned to ask for help I could let go of some of the
stress that follows doing everything myself.
Assessment
I assess
my physical health with tests like the sit and reach, the Rockport Walk Test,
push up tests and others that will measure my muscle strength. I score my
physical wellness an 8 and believe it will get better if I increase the time I spend
exercising. Spiritually I assess myself on how I am feeling and whether or not
I am living the principles of the Tao. The closer I follow the principle the
better I feel. I would score myself a 9 out of 10 for my spiritual wellbeing. Psychologically
I assess myself based on how I am feeling spiritually and physically. If I am
feeling no stress and healthy then my mental wellbeing is usually fine.
Psychologically I would rate myself an 8 to 8.5
Goal Development
A goal I
have for my physical well-being is to increase my endurance and maintain the
medical improvements I have made in regard to my cholesterol and regulating my
blood pressure. For my mental health I would like to increase my meditation
time from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Learning to forgive mistakes I and others
make more easily is what I would like to work on spiritually.
Practices for Personal Health
The
strategies I could implement to realize my goals would be to schedule
additional time for exercise each or add a sixth day to my program and I could
add new types of exercises that I typically might not try to enhance my
physical being. Spiritually I could increase service to others whether through
an organization or just by helping someone when they need it. I could also try
to find a group to meditate with to increase my awareness of the world around
me. Psychologically or mentally I could increase my meditation times to help
aid in stress reduction and I could also add more yoga time to my routine to
help calm my mind and body for my meditation.
Commitment
To assess
my progress or lack of progress I could keep a daily journal. By doing this I
would have a visual of how I am working on developing my new habits. Journaling
will be helpful to track my feelings mentally and spiritually. The physical
aspect can be tracked by whether my clothing is getting looser and by
preforming the tests I mentioned earlier like the Rockport Walk Test. To continue
to hold myself accountable to my goals beyond six months I could develop a
support system of people who are in the same position as myself and people who
are beyond my development. Each of these groups can help keep me motivated to
continue while at the same time provide a social outlet that will enhance all
the aspects of my whole well-being.
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